Georgy Balakshin
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| Medal record | |||
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 Georgy Balakshin |
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| Men’s Boxing | |||
Competitor for  Russia |
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| European Amateur Championships | |||
| Gold | 2002 Perm | Flyweight | |
| Gold | 2004 Pula | Flyweight | |
| Gold | 2006 Plovdiv | Flyweight | |
Georgy Balakshin (born March 6, 1980) is a amateur boxer from Russia best known for winning the European title three times.
[edit] Career
Balakshin won the gold medal 2002 and defended the crown at the 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Pula. He participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native European country. There he was stopped in the quarterfinals of the Flyweight (51 kg) division by Cuba's eventual winner Yuriorkis Gamboa Toledano.
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.
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