Georgy Balakshin
Georgy Ruslanovich Balakshin is an Olympic boxer from Russia best known for winning the European title three times.
Career
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.
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
2004- Defeated Bonyx Yusak Saweho 26-19
- Defeated Mirzhan Rakhimzhanov 29-20
- Lost to Yuriorkis Gamboa 18-26
- 1st round bye
- Defeated Mirat Sarsembayev 12-4
- Defeated Jitender Kumar 15-11
- Lost to Andry Laffita 8-9
World amateur championships results
2003- Defeated Akhil Kumar 26-16
- Defeated Hermensen Ballo 22-8
- Lost to Alexander Vladimirov 24-33
- Defeated Bradley Hore 25-11
- Defeated Atagun Yalcinkaya 36-15
- Lost to Rau'shee Warren 21-31
- Defeated Jérôme Thomas 25-11
- Defeated Nurlan Aydarbek Ulu RSCI 3
- Defeated Jitender Kumar 14-9
- Lost to Rau'shee Warren 13-23
Personal life
His former wife, Maria Balakshina, is a lawyer by education. They have a son, Dmitry, who is engaged in boxing and tennis.He is currently married to Ekaterina Alekseeva, who is interested in fitness. The couple has two children, including their son Dan, who practices swimming, and a younger child.