Alexei Kiselev: biography of the Soviet boxer and coach

Kiselev Alexey Ivanovich - Soviet professional boxer, referring to the second middle and light heavyweight category, Honored Master of Sports of the USSR. He was in favor of the national team of the USSR in the 60s. His sports achievements include silver at the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1964 (in the category up to 81 kg), silver at the Olympic Games in Mexico (in the category up to 75 kg) in 1968 and silver at the European Championships in Rome in 1967 Year (75 kg). After the completion of the boxing career, he began to train the Soviet national team in boxing.

Alexei Kiselev: Biography, acquaintance with boxing and the first triumphs

Born March 17, 1938 in Lukyanovka, Ryazan region, the USSR. He was raised and raised in a simple Soviet family. My father was a blacksmith, and my mother worked as a cook in the school cafeteria. Since childhood, he has been distinguished by his seriousness and perseverance. The guy loved active and lively games, and also pulled tight on the bar. At the age of sixteen, he first joined the boxing section and began training under the leadership of Ivan Ganykin (a Soviet boxer of all middle weight classes). After two years of hard training, the guy became famous all over the world: in 1958 he won the middleweight championship at the tournament of military personnel of the whole world. Having proved himself in the boxing community, he was invited to perform at the championship of the Soviet Union. It was the debut professional tournament at a high level, where he won his first medal in the national championship in 1959 - the bronze one.

Boxer Alexei Kiselev: sports career and achievements

For the next four years, he boxed at about the same level and twice repeated the success at the Army World Championship. In 1964, Alexei Kiselev moved to light heavyweight and made his debut in the national championship. Here he won his first gold in the Soviet championship. Soon in the career of Kiselev great victories begin: high-ranking results awarded the boxer the right to protect the property of the country at the Olympics in Tokyo (Japan). By the way, the Soviet athlete showed himself worthy: Alexei Kiselev reached the final, but lost to Italian professional Cosimo Pinto. As a result, Kiselev brought home a silver medal, for which he received the title of Honored Master of Sports of the USSR. Kiselev's subsequent seasons were no less triumphant: the boxer again won the army world championship, won gold in the national championship (1966), and also won silver at the 1967 European Championships and at the Summer Olympics in Mexico City in 1968 (conceded in the final to British boxer Chris Finneganu).

After a successful sports decade, which was saturated with awards and universal recognition, Alexei Kiselev announced his retirement. The statistics of the boxer is impressive: 225 victories in 250 battles.

Career coach: merits and achievements

After leaving the professional ring, Kiselev remained in the box, but as a coach. He led the national team of the USSR in boxing in the periods from 1969 to 1970. And from 1975 to 1980. In 1979 he was awarded the title of Honored Coach of the USSR. In his leadership, the USSR national boxing team performed at the Olympics in 1976 (Montreal) and 1980 (Moscow).

Academic degrees in physical education and the position of a Soviet coach

The sportsman also was engaged in scientific activity. In 1972, Alexey Kiselev defended his Ph.D. in engineering. Since 1975 he was the head of the department of physical education in the Moscow Higher School named after Nikolai Ernestovich Bauman. Kiselev is the author of several scientific and methodological works in the field of sports. Since 1993, Alexei Kiselev has held the vacant position of the chairman of the Russian Sports Student Union.

Died June 19, 2005 in the city of Moscow, is buried in the Don Cemetery.