List of Val Barker Trophy winners explained

Val Barker Trophy
Awarded For:demonstration of excellence in Olympic boxing
Presenter:AIBA
Year:1936
Holder:Claressa Shields
Hasanboy Dusmatov

The Val Barker Trophy is presented every four years to the most "outstanding boxer" at the Olympic Games. In theory, the award goes to the top "pound for pound" boxer in the Olympics. The winner is selected by a committee of International Boxing Association (amateur) (AIBA) officials. The trophy is named after British boxer Val Barker who won the Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABA) heavyweight title in 1891,[1] before becoming the secretary of the AIBA between 1926 and 1929.

The inaugural recipient of the Val Barker Trophy was American flyweight Louis Laurie who won bronze at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. He is one of just three boxers who did not win gold at the same Olympics in which they were presented with the trophy, the others being Kenyan featherweight Philip Waruinge (bronze at the 1968 Games) and American light middleweight Roy Jones Jr. (silver at the 1988 Games). In the 2016 Games, two Val Barker Trophies were presented for the first time, one for men and one for women; women's boxing made its Olympic debut at the previous Games in 2012.[2] The inaugural female winner was middleweight Claressa Shields who became the first American boxer to win two consecutive Olympic gold medals when she defeated Dutch boxer Nouchka Fontijn in Rio de Janeiro.[3]

American boxers lead with six trophies, followed by Kazakhstani boxers with three awards and Russian boxers with two awards (one for the Soviet Union and one for Russia).

Recipients

GamesLocation Boxer Nationality Weight class Medal Ref(s)
1936BerlinFlyweight[4]
1948LondonLight heavyweight[5]
1952HelsinkiLight heavyweight[6]
1956MelbourneLightweight[7]
1960RomeWelterweight[8]
1964TokyoMiddleweight[9]
1968Mexico CityFeatherweight[10]
1972MunichHeavyweight[11]
1976MontrealLightweight[12]
1980MoscowLight welterweight[13]
1984Los AngelesLight flyweight[14]
1988SeoulLight middleweight
1992BarcelonaSuper heavyweight[15]
1996AtlantaLight heavyweight[16]
2000SydneyWelterweight[17]
2004AthensWelterweight[18]
2008BeijingFeatherweight[19]
2012LondonWelterweight[20]
2016Rio de JaneiroMen's light flyweight[21]
Women's middleweight
2020Tokyo[22]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1891  - 11th ABAE National Championship . . 1 August 2017 .
  2. Web site: Nicola Adams aims to be big hit when women's boxing makes Olympic bow . The Guardian. 14 October 2011 . 11 September 2017 . Jon . Vale.
  3. Web site: Claressa Shields wins second straight Olympic boxing gold for USA . . Bryan Armen . Graham . 21 August 2016 . 1 August 2017 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170306130140/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/aug/21/claressa-shields-boxing-gold-medal-rio-2016-olympics . 6 March 2017 .
  4. News: Boston sweeps card series. . 14 . 28 August 1936. 27 July 2017.
  5. Web site: Boxing at the 1948 London Summer Games: Men's Light-Heavyweight. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418132313/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1948/BOX/mens-light-heavyweight.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . . 31 July 2017 .
  6. Web site: Norvel Lee Bio, Stats, and Results . . 31 July 2017 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170731163138/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/le/norvel-lee-1.html . 31 July 2017 .
  7. Web site: Dick McTaggart put Dundee on the map. . 27 July 2017. 26 November 2016 . Adam . Hill.
  8. Web site: 10: Top boxers with combined Olympic and Pro success . . 27 July 2017 . Doug . Fischer .
  9. Web site: Valery Popenchenko . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418121318/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/valery-popenchenko-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . . 21 December 2017.
  10. Web site: Former professional boxer Waruinge struggling to survive, back under mother's shelter. The Standard. Nairobi. 31 July 2017. Robert. Kibet. 20 July 2013. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170731161102/https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/sports/article/2000088821/former-professional-boxer-waruinge-struggling-to-survive-back-under-mother-s-shelter. 31 July 2017.
  11. Web site: Teofilo Stevenson: Boxer regarded as the greatest never to fight for money . . 31 July 2017 . 12 June 2012 . Marcus. Williamson.
  12. Web site: The Best Fighters in Boxing History Who Were Also Olympic Medalists. . Briggs . Seekins. 28 February 2014 . 27 July 2017.
  13. Web site: Mr. Serik Konakbayev arrived to the AIBA EC Meeting to the place of his previous successes to Moscow . . 11 September 2017 .
  14. Web site: Gonzales: Will He Be Sitting Pretty Again? : After Personal and Professional Setbacks, '84 Olympic Champ Is Ready to Return to the Ring. . Charles . Smith . 22 August 1993 . 31 July 2017.
  15. Web site: Cubans finish with 7 boxing golds . . 31 July 2017 . 9 August 1992 . Dave . Raffo.
  16. Web site: Cuba Domadores v Astana Arlans Kazakhstan will be one of the best boxing matches our fans have ever seen . 19 June 2015 . Steve . Lillis . . 31 July 2017 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170731151612/http://www.boxnation.com/boxing-news/cuba-domadores-v-astana-arlans-kazakhstan-will-be-one-of-the-best-boxing-matches-our-fans-have-ever-seen/ . 31 July 2017 .
  17. Web site: 10: Top Olympic fighters of all time . 27 July 2017. Doug. Fischer. The Ring.
  18. Web site: Artayev wins Athens award . . 29 August 2004 . 27 July 2017 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20040830014654/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics_2004/boxing/3610320.stm . 30 August 2004 .
  19. Web site: Lomachenko wins Val Barker trophy . . 24 August 2008 . 27 July 2017.
  20. Web site: London 2012 gold medalist Serik Sapiyev returns to Rio 2016 Olympic Boxing arena in a new role for Kazakhstan . . 27 July 2017 . 13 August 2016.
  21. Web site: Olympic champs Dusmatov, Shields receive Val Barker awards . . 23 August 2016 . Dan . Rafael. 27 July 2017.
  22. News: Val Barker Trophy will not be awarded for Tokyo 2020 due to AIBA suspension. insidethegames.biz. 14 August 2021. 21 August 2021.

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