 Imre Harangi and Stepulov (right) at the 1936 Olympics | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 20 March 1913 Narva, Saint Petersburg Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 2 January 1968 Tallinn, Estonia |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Boxing |
| Club | Tallinna Poksiklubi |
| Coached by | Nigul Maatsoo[1] |
Medal record | |
Nikolai Stepulov (20 March 1913 – 2 January 1968) was an Estonian lightweight boxer, military officer and criminal. As a boxer he won silver medals at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin and 1937 European Championships, and fought professionally in 1938–39. During World War II, after the Soviet invasion of Estonia in 1940, Stepulov, an ethnic Russian, joined the Soviet militia and initiated the extrajudicial killing of a number of imprisoned members of the Estonian Defense League; this act was condemned by both sides and resulted in Stepulov serving a jail sentence in the Soviet Union. Later after returning to Soviet-controlled Estonia he was arrested a few times for burglary and died in a Soviet prison hospital.[2]