Georgy Balakshin

Georgy Ruslanovich Balakshin (; 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

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 (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 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

Personal life His former wife, Maria Balakshina (Yefimova), 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.