Grigory Novak
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's Olympic weightlifting | ||
Competitor for the  Soviet Union | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| Silver | 1952 Helsinki | -90 kg |
| World Championships | ||
| Gold | 1946 Paris | -82.5 kg |
| European Championships | ||
| Gold | 1947 Helsinki | -82.5 kg |
| Gold | 1952 Helsinki | -90 kg |
Grigory Irmovich Novak (Russian: Григорий Ирмович Новак, March 5, 1919 – July 10, 1980) was a Ukrainian weightlifter, world champion, and Olympic medalist, who competed for the Soviet Union.
He was Jewish,[1] and was born in Chernobyl, Ukrainian SSR.
Novak became world champion in 1946. In 1947 he won the world light heavyweight championships.[1] He received a silver medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.[2]
In his career, he set 56 world weightlifting records.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Taylor, Paul (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games: The Clash Between Sport and Politics : with a Complete Review of Jewish Olympic Medallists. Sussex Academic Press. ISBN 9781903900871.
- ↑ "1952 Summer Olympics – Helsinki, Finland – Weightlifting" – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 24, 2008)
External links
- Profile at Lift Up (Retrieved on December 1, 2009).