Gennadi Ivanovich Shatkov (Russian: Геннадий Иванович Шатков, May 27, 1932 – January 14, 2009) was a boxer from the USSR, who competed in the Middleweight division (– 75 kg) during the major part of his career.

[3] He won the Middleweight (75 kg) gold medal at the 1956 Melbourne Olympic games.

He also competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in the Light Heavyweight division (– 81 kg) but lost to 18-year-old Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. (later known as Muhammad Ali) in the quarterfinals.

After graduating from a secondary school he entered Leningrad State University in 1951, received Candidate of Judicial Sciences degree there in 1962,[1] became a docent of the Department of Theory and History of State and Law and was appointed prorector of the university in 1964.

Below are the results of Gennadiy Shatkov, a middleweight boxer from the Soviet Union, who competed at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics: Below are the results of Gennadiy Shatkov, a light heavyweight boxer from the Soviet Union, who competed at the 1960 Rome Olympics: