Val Barker Trophy

The Val Barker Trophy, named for boxer Val Barker, is presented every four years to an Olympic boxing athlete who exemplifies style during competition.^[1] In theory, the award goes to the top "pound-for-pound" boxer in the Olympics.

Starting in 2016, there will be two Val Barker Trophies presented at every Olympic boxing competition -- one for men and one for women.

Recipients

Year	Location	Boxer	Nationality	Weight Class	Medal
1936	Berlin	Louis Laurie	USA	Flyweight	Bronze
1948	London	George Hunter	RSA	Light Heavyweight	Gold
1952	Helsinki	Norvel Lee	USA	Light Heavyweight	Gold
1956	Melbourne	Richard McTaggart	GBR	Lightweight	Gold
1960	Rome	Giovanni Benvenuti	ITA	Welterweight	Gold
1964	Tokyo	Valeri Popenchenko	URS	Middleweight	Gold
1968	Mexico City	Philip Waruinge	KEN	Featherweight	Bronze
1972	Munich	Teofilo Stevenson	CUB	Heavyweight	Gold
1976	Montréal	Howard Davis, Jr.	USA	Lightweight	Gold
1980	Moscow	Patrizio Oliva	ITA	Light Welterweight	Gold
1984	Los Angeles	Paul Gonzales	USA	Light Flyweight	Gold
1988	Seoul	Roy Jones, Jr.	USA	Light Middleweight	Silver
1992	Barcelona	Roberto Balado	CUB	Super Heavyweight	Gold
1996	Atlanta	Vassiliy Jirov	KAZ	Light Heavyweight	Gold
2000	Sydney	Oleg Saitov	RUS	Welterweight	Gold
2004	Athens	Bakhtiyar Artayev	KAZ	Welterweight	Gold
2008	Beijing	Vasyl Lomachenko	UKR	Featherweight	Gold
2012	London	Serik Sapiyev	KAZ	Welterweight	Gold
2016	Rio de Janeiro	Hasanboy Dusmatov	UZB	Men's Light flyweight	Gold
		Claressa Shields	USA	Women's Middleweight	Gold

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