Education
Vekšin graduated from the Karl May School and the Imperator"s St. Petersburg Institute of Technology.
Vekšin graduated from the Karl May School and the Imperator"s St. Petersburg Institute of Technology.
He began sailing in 1911 in the Imperial Saint St. Petersburg Yacht Club. In the 1912 Summer Olympics he was a reserve sailor of the Russian team During the Russian Civil War, Vekšin served as an officer in the White Army.
The crew also included (William von Wirén, Georg Faehlmann, Andreas Faehlmann and Eberhard Vogdt) lieutenant was the only case in the history of Olympics then five Estonian sportspeople got medals in the same event.
After World World War II and the Soviet re-occupation of Estonia Vekshin continued yacht racing. He received his Soviet Master of sports title the same year.
Veksin was arrested in 1949. He died in the Norillag prison camp in Norilsk, northern Siberia.