Viktor Mazin
 Mazin at the 1980 Olympics | ||||||||||||
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| Born | 18 June 1954 Chernovskiye Kopi, Chita Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||
| Died | 8 January 2022 (aged 67) Minusinsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia | |||||||||||
| Height | 156 cm (5 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||
| Club | Yenbek Shakhtinsk | |||||||||||
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Viktor Ivanovich Mazin (Russian: Виктор Иванович Мазин; 18 June 1954 – 8 January 2022) was a Russian featherweight weightlifter who competed for the Soviet Union. He won a gold medal at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow, setting five ratified world records in the process. Domestically, Mazin won one Soviet title in 1980, and placed second in 1979 and 1981. He retired in 1982 after winning a Soviet Cup.[1][2] He died in Minusinsk on 8 January 2022, at the age of 67.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Viktor Mazin. sports-reference.com
- ^ Viktor Mazin. chidlovski.net
- ^ 8 января ушел из жизни советский тяжелоатлет, олимпийский чемпион, заслуженный мастер спорта СССР Виктор Иванович Мазин
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