Aleksandr Zasukhin
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| Born | 15 July 1928 (age 95) Yekaterinburg, Russia | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Dynamo Yekaterinburg | ||||||||||||||
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Aleksandr Fedoseyevich Zasukhin (Russian: Александр Федосеевич Засухин, born 15 July 1928) is a retired Soviet boxer who won two siliver medals at the European championships of 1953 and 1955. He competed at the 1952 Olympics, but was eliminated in the second bout.[1] During his career Zasukhin won four national titles (1950, 1954, 1956, 1957) and 165 bouts out of 185.[2]
Zasukhin graduated from the Krasnodar Institute of Physical Education, where he defended a PhD in pedagogy and became professor. In the 1960s he moved to Perm, and later worked as a boxing coach in Bulgaria.[2] His younger brother Aleksei also won a European silver medal in boxing.
References
- ^ Aleksandr Zasukhin. sports-reference.com
- ^ a b ЗАСУХИН АЛЕКСАНДР ФЕДОСЕЕВИЧ. sportufo.ru
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