As reported "Rosbalta" in the press service of Regional federation of judo of Petersburg, the eminent expert at the time of death was 75 years old.

"All the life without residual it gave judo, to education of several generations of athletes among which not only champions of the most prestigious tournaments, but also known in the country and it is far beyond its limits people — the press service reports. — Anatoly Solomonovich's pupil of the first set of SK "Turbostroitel"was  the president of Russia Vladimir Putin" 

The state evaluated Rakhlin's contribution to judo development by government award — the Medal of honor which was handed over to the trainer in a year of its 75-year anniversary in May of this year by the president of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin.