Alexander Yagubkin
| Medal record | ||
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Competitor for  Soviet Union
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| Men’s Boxing | ||
| World Amateur Championships | ||
| Gold | 1982 Munich | Heavyweight |
| European Amateur Championships | ||
| Gold | 1981 Tampere | Heavyweight |
| Gold | 1983 Sofia | Heavyweight |
| Gold | 1985 Budapest | Heavyweight |
| Silver | 1987 Turin | Super Heavyweight |
Alexander G. Yagubkin (25 March 1961 in Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR – 7 August 2013) was an amateur boxer, who won a gold medal at the 1982 World Amateur Boxing Championships and was honoured as a Master of Sports of the USSR.
1982 World championship
Yagubkin represented the USSR at the 1982 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Munich, West Germany. There he won the gold medal in the heavyweight division (– 91 kg). In the final he defeated East Germany's Jürgen Fanghänel, after the referee stopped the contest in the third round.[1]
1987 European championships
Five years later, at the inaugural 1987 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Turin, Italy, this time Yagubkin competed at super heavyweight and won the silver medal title after losing to Ulli Kaden in the final.[1]
Death
Yagubkin died on 7 August 2013.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Alexandr Yagubkin". Peoples.ru. Archived from the original on 19 April 2007. Retrieved 13 March 2007.
- ↑ Чемпион мира по боксу Александр Ягубкин скончался на 53-м году жизни (Russian)
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