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Viktor Zaporozhets Ukrainian Olympic boxer dead at age 78

Viktor Zaporozhets: key obituary facts

Is Viktor Zaporozhets dead? Yes. Viktor Zaporozhets died on February 11, 2026, at age 78.

Cause of death: Viktor Zaporozhets's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.

What was Viktor Zaporozhets known for?

They was known as Ukrainian Olympic boxer (1968).

More about Viktor Zaporozhets

Born: May 23, 1947.

Nationality: Ukrainian.

Viktor Zaporozhets, a Ukrainian Olympic boxer who competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics, died on February 11, 2026, at the age of 78.

Born Viktor Konstiantynovych Zaporozhets on May 23, 1947, in Volchansk, Sverdlovsk Oblast, in the Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, he represented the Soviet Union in the men’s light flyweight event at the 1968 Games and finished ninth.

Viktor Konstiantynovych Zaporozhets (Ukrainian: Віктор Костянтинович Запорожець; 23 May 1947 – 11 February 2026) was a Soviet boxer. He competed in the men’s light flyweight event at the 1968 Summer Olympics for the Soviet Union and finished in ninth place.

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