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The Val Barker Trophy is awarded to the outstanding and most stylistic boxer of each Olympic Games since 1936. The trophy was established in honor of Val Barker, who was the first Honorary Secretary of the Federation Internationale de Boxe Amateur in 1920 . Year 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ...
Year Location Boxer Nationality Weight Class Medal 1936 Berlin Louis Daniel Laurie USA Flyweight Bronze 1948 London George Hunter SAF 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 Tokio 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 Lightweight 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