Aleksandr Koshkyn
For Russian footballer, see Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Koshkin.
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Competitor for the  Soviet Union
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| Olympic Games | ||
 | 1980 Moscow | Light Middleweight |
| World Amateur Championships | ||
 | 1982 Munich | Light Middleweight |
| European Amateur Championships | ||
| 1981 Tampere | Light Middleweight |
Aleksandr Koshkyn (Russian: Александр Николаевич Кошкин, June 13, 1959, Izmaylovo, Moscow, USSR – October 16, 2012, Russia) was a boxer, who represented the USSR at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. There he won the silver medal in the light middleweight division (– 71 kg), after being defeated in the final by Armando Martínez of Cuba. Two years later he won the world title at the World Championships in Munich, West Germany. His sport career completed in 1983.[1]
He died on October 16, 2012.[2]
Olympic results
- 1st round bye
- Defeated Salah Jassim Beden (Iraq) KO 1
- Defeated Nicky Wilshire (Great Britain) KO 2
- Defeated Detlef Kästner (East Germany) 5-0
- Lost to Armando Martínez (Cuba) 1-4
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