Georgy Ruslanovich Balakshin (russian: Георгий Русланович Балакшин; born March 6, 1980 in Antonovka, near

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) is an

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from

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best known for winning the European title three times.

Career

Balakshin won the gold medal 2002 and defended the crown at the

2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships The men's 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Pula, Croatia, from February 19 to February 29. The 35th edition of thi bi-annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. A total number ...

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. He participated in the

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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

n team that won the 2005

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. 2006 he once again won the European title. At the World championships 2007 he beat Frenchman

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but lost to eventual winner

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. At the 2011 European Amateur Boxing Championships he won silver.

Olympic results

2004 (as a flyweight) *Defeated Bonyx Yusak Saweho (Indonesia) 26-19 *Defeated

Mirzhan Rakhimzhanov Mirzhan Beybutovich Rakhimzhanov ( kk, Миржан Бейбутович Рахимжанов; born August 18, 1983, in East Kazakhstan Province) is a boxer from Kazakhstan. He competed for his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Ath ...

(Kazakhstan) 29-20 *Lost to

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(Cuba) 18-26 2008 (as a flyweight) *1st round bye *Defeated

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(Kazakhstan) 12-4 *Defeated Jitender Kumar (India) 15-11 *Lost to

Andry Laffita Andry Laffita Fernández (born March 26, 1978) is a retired Cuban amateur boxer. He won the silver medal at the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships. At the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, he won a silver medal in the flyweight class. Caree ...

(Cuba) 8-9

World amateur championships results

2003 (as a flyweight) *Defeated

Akhil Kumar Akhil Kumar (born 27 March 1981) is an Indian boxer who has won several international and national boxing awards. He practices an "open guarded" boxing style. In 2005, the Indian government gave him the Arjuna Award for his achievements in int ...

(India) 26-16 *Defeated Hermensen Ballo (Indonesia) 22-8 *Lost to Alexander Vladimirov (Bulgaria) 24-33 2005 (as a flyweight) *Defeated

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(Australia) 25-11 *Defeated Atagun Yalcinkaya (Turkey) 36-15 *Lost to

(United States) 21-31 2007 (as a flyweight) *Defeated

(France) 25-11 *Defeated Nurlan Aydarbek Ulu (Kyrgyzstan) RSCI 3 *Defeated Jitender Kumar (India) 14-9 *Lost to

(United States) 13-23

References

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1980 births Living people Flyweight boxers Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of Russia Olympic bronze medalists for Russia Olympic medalists in boxing Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Russian male boxers Sportspeople from Sakha North-Eastern Federal University alumni AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists {{Russia-Olympic-medalist-stub