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{{short description|Russian boxer (1938–2022)}}
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| name           = Boris Lagutin
| image          = Lagutin BN.jpg
| caption        = Lagutin in 2019
| realname       = Boris Nikolayevich Lagutin
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| weight         = [[Light middleweight]] 
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| birth_date     = {{birth date|1938|6|24|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Moscow]], [[Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
| death_date     = {{death date and age|2022|9|4|1938|6|24|df=y}}
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{{MedalSport | Men's [[boxing]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{URS}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalBronze| [[1960 Summer Olympics|1960 Rome]] | [[Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Light middleweight|Light middleweight]]}} 
{{MedalGold| [[1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Tokyo]] | [[Boxing at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Light middleweight|Light middleweight]]}} 
{{MedalGold| [[1968 Summer Olympics|1968 Mexico City]] | [[Boxing at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Light middleweight|Light middleweight]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Amateur Boxing Championships|European Amateur Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1961 European Amateur Boxing Championships|1961 Belgrade]] | Light Middleweight}}
{{MedalGold| [[1963 European Amateur Boxing Championships|1963 Moscow]] | Light Middleweight}}
}}

'''Boris Nikolayevich Lagutin''' ({{langx|ru|Борис Николаевич Лагутин}}; 24 June 1938 – 4 September 2022)<ref>[https://www.sport-interfax.ru/860700 Умер двукратный олимпийский чемпион по боксу Борис Лагутин] {{in lang|ru}}</ref> was a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] light middleweight boxer. During his career as a boxer, he won 241 fights and lost only 11. He won medals in three [[Olympic Games]], including two golds, in 1964 and 1968. Lagutin also won at European championships in 1961 and 1963 and at USSR championships in 1959, 1961–64 and 1968. Lagutin was born in [[Moscow]]. Until 1967 he trained at [[Voluntary Sports Societies of the USSR|VSS]] Trud, then - at [[Spartak (sports society)|VSS Spartak]]. During the period of failures, that followed the 1964 Olympics, Lagutin was removed from the USSR team roster. Along with his trainer [[Vladimir Trenin]] Lagutin managed to find causes of his losses and earned USSR and Olympic Champion titles again in 1968.

==Olympic results==
'''[[Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics|Rome - 1960]]'''
* Round of 32: Bye
* Round of 16: Defeated [[Alhassan Brimah]] (Ghana) by KO
* Quarterfinal: Defeated [[John Bukowski]] (Australia) by RSC
* Semifinal: Lost to [[Wilbert McClure]] (U.S.A.) by decision, 2-3

'''[[Boxing at the 1964 Summer Olympics|Tokyo - 1964]]'''
* Round of 32: Defeated [[Paul Hogh]] (Unified Team of Germany) by decision, 5-0
* Round of 16: Defeated [[Jose Chirino]] (Argentina) by disqualification
* Quarterfinal: Defeated [[Eddie Davies (boxer)|Eddie Davies]] (Ghana) by walkover
* Semifinal: Defeated [[Józef Grzesiak (boxer)|Józef Grzesiak]] (Poland) by decision, 4-1
* Final: Defeated [[Joseph Gonzales (boxer)|Joseph Gonzales]] (France) by decision, 4-1

'''[[Boxing at the 1968 Summer Olympics|Mexico - 1968]]'''
* Round of 32: Defeated [[Moisés Fajardo]] (Spain) by RSC
* Round of 16: Defeated [[Sayed El-Nahas]] (Egypt) by RSC
* Quarterfinal: Defeated [[Ion Covaci]] (Romania) by decision, 5-0
* Semifinal: Defeated [[Günther Meier]] (West Germany) by decision, 4-1
* Final: Defeated [[Rolando Garbey]] (Cuba) by decision, 5-0

==Honours and awards==
* [[Order "For Merit to the Fatherland"]], 3rd and 4th classes
* [[Order of the Red Banner of Labour]]
* [[Order of Friendship of Peoples]]
* [[Order of the Badge of Honour]]
* [[Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"]]
* [[Medal "For Distinguished Labour"]]
* Honoured [[Master of Sports]]

==References==
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* [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9002615 Britannica article on Boris Lagutin]
* {{in lang|ru}} [http://www.peoples.ru/sport/boxer/lagutin/ Biography]

{{Footer Olympic Champions Boxing Light Middleweight}}

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