Georgy Balakshin
 Georgy Balakshin in November 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Георгий Русланович Балакшин | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | March 6, 1980 Antonovka, Yakut ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 51 kg (112 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | Flyweight | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Dynamo, Yakutsk | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Georgy Ruslanovich Balakshin (Russian: Георгий Русланович Балакшин; born March 6, 1980, in Antonovka, near Nyurba, Sakha Republic) is an Olympic boxer from Russia best known for winning the European title three times.
Career
[edit]Balakshin won the gold medal in 2002 and defended the crown at the 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Pula. He participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native Russia. There he was stopped in the quarterfinals of the Flyweight (51 kg) division by Cuba's eventual winner Yuriorkis Gamboa Toledano.
In 2005 he was part of the Russian team that won the 2005 Boxing World Cup.[1]
In 2006, he once again won the European title. At the World championships 2007 he beat Frenchman Jérôme Thomas but lost to eventual winner Rau'shee Warren of America.
At the 2011 European Amateur Boxing Championships he won silver.
Olympic results
[edit]2004 (as a flyweight)
- Defeated Bonyx Yusak Saweho (Indonesia) 26-19
- Defeated Mirzhan Rakhimzhanov (Kazakhstan) 29-20
- Lost to Yuriorkis Gamboa (Cuba) 18-26
2008 (as a flyweight)
- 1st round bye
- Defeated Mirat Sarsembayev (Kazakhstan) 12-4
- Defeated Jitender Kumar (India) 15-11
- Lost to Andry Laffita (Cuba) 8-9
World amateur championships results
[edit]2003 (as a flyweight)
- Defeated Akhil Kumar (India) 26-16
- Defeated Hermensen Ballo (Indonesia) 22-8
- Lost to Alexander Vladimirov (Bulgaria) 24-33
2005 (as a flyweight)
- Defeated Bradley Hore (Australia) 25-11
- Defeated Atagun Yalcinkaya (Turkey) 36-15
- Lost to Rau'shee Warren (United States) 21-31
2007 (as a flyweight)
- Defeated Jérôme Thomas (France) 25-11
- Defeated Nurlan Aydarbek Ulu (Kyrgyzstan) RSCI 3
- Defeated Jitender Kumar (India) 14-9
- Lost to Rau'shee Warren (United States) 13-23
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Yahoo! Sports
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Georgiy Balakshin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
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