Georgy Ruslanovich Balakshin (Russian: Георгий Русланович Балакшин; born March 6, 1980, in Antonovka, near Nyurba, Sakha Republic) is an Olympic boxer from Russia best known for winning the European title three times.

Balakshin won the gold medal in 2002 and defended the crown at the 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Pula.

There he was stopped in the quarterfinals of the Flyweight (51 kg) division by Cuba's eventual winner Yuriorkis Gamboa Toledano.

At the World championships 2007 he beat Frenchman Jérôme Thomas but lost to eventual winner Rau'shee Warren of America.

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