Rufat Riskiyev: key obituary facts
Is Rufat Riskiyev dead? Yes. Rufat Riskiyev died on August 15, 2026, at age 76.
Cause of death: Rufat Riskiyev's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Rufat Riskiyev known for?
He was a boxer.
More about Rufat Riskiyev
Born: 2 October 1949.
Place of birth: Akkurgan.
Gender: male.
Occupation: boxer.
Nationality: Soviet Union, Uzbekistan.
Awards: Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR, Order of the Badge of Honour, Order of Friendship.
Also known as: Rufat Asadovich Riskiyev.
Rufat Riskiyev, the Uzbek boxer and Olympic silver medallist, died on August 15, 2026, aged 76.
Born in Akkurgan in the Uzbek SSR on October 2, 1949, he represented the Soviet Union at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, where he won silver in the middleweight division after reaching the final. Two years earlier, at the inaugural 1974 World Championships in Havana, he won the world title.
Riskiyev also trained with the Dynamo sports society and was known formally as Rufat Asadovich Riskiyev.