Vladimir Kaplunov

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Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Competitor for the Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Silver 1964 Tokyo Lightweight
World championship
Gold 1962 Budapest Lightweight
Bronze 1963 Stockholm Lightweight
Bronze 1966 Teheran Lightweight
European championship
Gold 1964 Moscow Lightweight
Silver 1965 Sofia Lightweight

Vladimir Iosifovich Kaplunov (Russian: Владимир Иосифович Каплунов, born March 2, 1933) is a former Russian weightlifter weightlifter, World champion and Olympic medalist, who competed for the Soviet Union.

He became World champion in the Lightweight class in 1962, and received a silver medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "1964 Summer Olympics – Tokyo, Japan – Weightlifting"databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 24, 2008)


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