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Soviet weightlifter

Yury Kozin
Kozin in 2017
Personal information
Born (1948-09-20) 20 September 1948 (age 76)
Moscow, Soviet Union
Sport
SportWeightlifting
ClubDynamo Moscow
Coached byVladimir Pushkarev
Medal record
Representing the  Soviet Union
World Weightlifting Championships
Gold medal – first place 1971 Lima -110 kg

Yury Yevgenyevich Kozin (Russian: Юрий Евгеньевич Козин; born 20 September 1948) is a retired Soviet heavyweight weightlifter who won a Soviet and a world title in 1971 and set six ratified world records in 1970–72: five in the press and one in the clean and jerk.

Kozin graduated from the Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism, and after retiring from competitions worked as a weightlifting coach. He prepared Valery Yurov to the 1990 World Championships.

References

  1. ^ Динамо. Энциклопедия. ОЛМА Медиа Групп. 2003. p. 278. ISBN 978-5-224-04399-6.
  2. Yury Kozin. chidlovski.net.
  3. Юрий Козин: Первую штангу точили в подвале. Moskovskij Komsomolets. 1 October 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
World Champions in Weightlifting – Men's Heavyweight (109 kg)
  • Open (1891–1904)
  • +80 kg (1905–1913)
  • +82.5 kg (1920–1950)
  • +90 kg (1951–1968)
  • 110 kg (1969–1991)
  • 108 kg (1993–1997)
  • 105 kg (1998–2017)
  • 109 kg (2018–)
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