Yevgeni Minaev
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| Silver | 1956 Melbourne | Featherweight | |
Yevgeni Gavrilovich Minaev (Russian: Евгений Гаврилович Минаев, born May 21, 1933 – December 8, 1993) is a former Russian weightlifter and Olympic champion who competed for the Soviet Union.
He was born in Klin.
Minaev received a silver medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.[1]
Four years later he won a gold medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ "1956 Summer Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Weightlifting" – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 24, 2008)
- ^ "1960 Summer Olympics – Rome, Italy – Weightlifting" – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 24, 2008)
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