Aleksei Zasukhin

Aleksei Fedoseyevich Zasukhin (Russian: Александр Федосеевич Засухин, 18 March 1937 – 27 May 1996) was a Soviet boxer who won a national title and a European silver medal in 1961. He retired in 1962 after finishing second in the Soviet championships. During his career Zasukhin won 150 bouts out of 170. He graduated from the Belarusian State University of Physical Training, and later worked as a boxing coach in Yekaterinburg and in Saint Petersburg. His elder brother Aleksandr was an Olympic boxer and an inspiration for Aleksei.^[2][3]

Aleksei Zasukhin

Personal information
Born	18 March 1937 Sverdlovsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died	27 May 1996(1996-05-27) (aged 59)[1]
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Club	Dynamo Yekaterinburg
Medal record Representing the  Soviet Union European Championships 1961 Belgrade -57 kg