# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/valeri-popenchenko
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:12:17.910Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/valeri-popenchenko"
name: "Valeri Popenchenko"
slug: "valeri-popenchenko"
description: "Valeri Vladimirovich Popenchenko was a Soviet Olympic boxer who competed in the middleweight division (−75 kg). During his career he won 200 out of 213 bouts; he won an Olympic gold medal in 1964 and European titles in 1963 and 1965. He was named the Outstanding Boxer of the 1964 Olympics and given the Val Barker Trophy, becoming the only Soviet boxer to receive the honour. Popenchenko was known for his exceptional skills and agility in the ring, as well as his strong left hook."
tagline: "Boxer (1937–1975)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Valeri_Popenchenko%2C_Tadeusz_Walasek%2C_Franco_Valle_1964.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1937-08-26"
deathDate: "1975-02-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             14.08207343412527
  historical:           17.031876
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump