Aleksandr Zasukhin

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.^[2] During his career Zasukhin won four national titles (1950, 1954, 1956, 1957) and 165 bouts out of 185.^[3]

Aleksandr Zasukhin

A. Zasuchin vs. I. Gjurjew
Personal information
Born	15 July 1928 Yekaterinburg, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died	15 August 2012(2012-08-15) (aged 84)[1]
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Club	Dynamo Yekaterinburg
Medal record Representing the  Soviet Union European Championships 1953 Warsaw -57 kg 1955 West Berlin -57 kg

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.^[3] His younger brother Aleksei also won a European silver medal in boxing.