Alexander Yagubkin

Alexander Yagubkin
Medal record
Representing  Soviet Union
Men’s Boxing
World Amateur Championships
1982 Munich Heavyweight
European Amateur Championships
1981 Tampere Heavyweight
1983 Sofia Heavyweight
1985 Budapest Heavyweight
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


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