Valerian Sergeevich Sokolov (Russian: Валериан Серге́евич Соколов; born 30 August 1946) is a former Soviet bantamweight Olympic-class boxer who won the gold medal at the 1968 Summer Games.

Sokolov became the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR in 1968 and was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor in 1969.

[3] Sokolov started boxing in a club in 1963 and was unknown before 1968, when he suddenly won the national and Olympic titles.

He retired in 1975, and three years later graduated from the Leningrad Military Institute of Physical Culture with a degree in pedagogy.

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