Gainan Rakhmatovich Saidkhuzhin was a Russian Tatar cyclist and ten-time cycling champion of the Soviet Union.
Education
He competed in the road race at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics and finished in 34th and 41st places, respectively. In 1964 he also finished fifth in the 100 km team time trial. In 1963 he finished third in the team time trial at the world championship.
Career
He was born to Rakhmatulla Saidkhuzhin (1876–1968) and Bibisafa Saidkhuzhina (1905–1968) in a Tatar family living in Novosibirsk. He combined sport with studies, graduating from Smolensk Institute of Physical Education in 1967 and from the economics faculty of the Moscow State University in 1973. In parallel, he worked as a coach and international referee.
Saidkhuzhin died of a heart attack on 13 May 2015 at the age of 77 in Miami.
Views
After defending a Doctor of Philosophy in pedagogy he worked for 15 years as the head of cycling section of the Institute of Physical Education in Moscow, eventually becoming the first professor in cycling at the institute.
Membership
The same year he became a member of the national team and soon its captain, a position he held for about 10 years.