Vladimir Stogov
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Medal record | |||
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Men's weightlifting | |||
Competitor for the Soviet Union | |||
Olympic Games | |||
Silver | 1956 Melbourne | Bantamweight | |
World championship | |||
Gold | 1955 Munich | Bantamweight | |
Gold | 1957 Teheran | Bantamweight | |
Gold | 1958 Stockholm | Bantamweight | |
Gold | 1959 Warshaw | Bantamweight | |
Gold | 1961 Wien | Bantamweight | |
Bronze | 1962 Budapest | Bantamweight | |
European championship | |||
Gold | 1956 Helsinki | Bantamweight | |
Gold | 1960 Mailand | Bantamweight |
Vladimir Stepanovich Stogov (Russian: Владимир Степанович Стогов, November 5, 1930 – May 17, 2005) was a former Russian weightlifter, World champion and Olympic medalist, who competed for the Soviet Union.
He became World champion in the Bantamweight class five times, in 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959 and 1961, and received a silver medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ "1956 Summer Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Weightlifting" – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 24, 2008)