Aleksandr Zasukhin | |
Birth Date: | 15 July 1928 |
Birth Place: | Yekaterinburg, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Death Date: | [1] |
Sport: | Boxing |
Club: | Dynamo Yekaterinburg |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Aleksandr Fedoseyevich Zasukhin (Russian: Александр Федосеевич Засухин, 15 July 1928 - 15 August 2012) was a Soviet boxer who won two silver medals at the European championships of 1953 and 1955. He competed at the 1952 Olympics, but was eliminated in the second bout. During his career Zasukhin won four national titles (1950, 1954, 1956, 1957) and 165 bouts out of 185.
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. His younger brother Aleksei also won a European silver medal in boxing.