Nikolai Saksonov
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Medal record | |||
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Men's weightlifting | |||
Competitor for the Soviet Union | |||
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Silver | 1952 Helsinki | Featherweight | |
World championship | |||
Gold | 1953 Stockholm | Featherweight |
Nikolai Nikolaevich Saksonov (Russian: Николай Николаевич Саксонов, born January 6, 1923) is a former Russian weightlifter, World champion and Olympic medalist, who competed for the Soviet Union.
He received a silver medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki,[1] and won a gold medal at the 1953 World Championships in Stockholm.
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- ^ "1952 Summer Olympics – Helsinki, Finland – Weightlifting" – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 23, 2008)