Georgi Ruslanowitsch Balakschin

Georgi Ruslanowitsch Balakschin medal table
Boxing
Russia
Olympic games
bronze	2008	Flyweight
World championships
bronze	2001	Flyweight
World cup
gold	2006	Flyweight
European championships
silver	2011	Flyweight
gold	2006	Flyweight
gold	2004	Flyweight
gold	2002	Flyweight

Georgi Ruslanowitsch Balakschin ( Russian Георгий Русланович Балакшин * 6. March 1980 in Antonowka, Sacha , Soviet Union ) is a former Russian boxer in the flyweight .

Career

Georgi Balakschin won the gold medal at the Junior European Championships in Birmingham in 1997 , where he had defeated Jérôme Thomas in the final . At the Junior World Championships in Buenos Aires in 1998 , he then won the silver medal after losing to Serik Jeleuow in the final. He won another silver medal at the 2001 Goodwill Games in Brisbane .

In 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006 and 2007 he won the Russian championships and was runner-up in 2009, 2010 and 2011.

His first big success with the adults was winning a bronze medal at the World Championships 2001 in Belfast , after he was only eliminated in the semifinals against Wolodymyr Sydorenko . In 2002 he won the European Championships in Perm , where he was able to defeat Rustam Rachimow , Igor Samoylenko and Alexandar Alexandrow , among others . At the 2003 World Championships in Bangkok , however, he lost in the quarter-finals against Alexandrov and thus missed the medal ranks.

In 2004 he repeated winning the European Championships in Pula , where he was able to defeat Jérôme Thomas, Rustam Rachimow and Nikoloz Izoria , among others . At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens , he moved into the quarter-finals by winning against Mbarek Soltani and Mirschan Rachichanov, where he was eliminated against the eventual Olympic champion Yuriorkis Gamboa .

Also at the 2005 World Championships in Mianyang he reached the quarterfinals against Bradley Hore and Atagün Yalçınkaya , where he was then defeated by Rau'Shee Warren . In 2006 he won the European Championships in Plovdiv for the third time in a row , where he was able to beat Igor Samoylenko, Bato-Munko Wankeyev and Samir Məmmədov , among others . In the same year he also won the Chemistry Cup in Germany and the World Cup in Baku . He defeated it in the finals Pürewdordschiin Serdamba and Andry Laffita .

In 2007 he was eliminated again in the quarter-finals against Rau'Shee Warren at the World Championships in Chicago , having previously prevailed against Jérôme Thomas, Nurlan Aydarbek and Jitender Kumar. In 2008 he still took part in the Olympic Games in Beijing , defeating Mirat Sarsembajew and Jitender Kumar, before he lost to Andry Laffita in the semi-finals with 8: 9 and was eliminated with a bronze medal.

His last significant success was winning the silver medal at the 2011 European Championships in Ankara . After victories against Ivan Figurenko, Selçuk Eker , Stefan Iwanow and Vincenzo Picardi , he was defeated in the final against Andrew Selby .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sports Reference
2. ↑ Junior European Championships 1997
3. ↑ Junior World Championships 1998
4. ^ Goodwill Games 2001
5. ↑ Russian Championships
6. ↑ World Championships 2001
7. ↑ European Championships 2002
8. ↑ World Championships 2003
9. ↑ European Championships 2004
10. ↑ 2004 Olympic Games
11. ↑ World Championships 2005
12. ↑ European Championships 2006
13. ↑ Chemistry Cup
14. ↑ World Cup 2006
15. ↑ World Championships 2007
16. ↑ Olympic Games 2008
17. ↑ European Championships 2011

swell

• Box Sport trade journal from 1998 to 2008,
• Website "www.amateur-boxing.strefa.pl",
• Website "sports123.com",
• Website "sakhaboxing.ykt.ru",
• "Sportcom.ru" website

Web links

• Portrait of Georgi Balakschin in Russian