Dinko ("Dean") Lukin, OAM[1] (born 26 May 1960) is a retired weightlifter from Australia, who won the gold medal in the Super Heavyweight category at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He was born in Sydney and moved to Port Lincoln, South Australia when he was 5. He carried the Australian flag during the closing ceremony of the 1984 games, and remains Australia's only Olympic gold medalist for weightlifting. The 1984 games were boycotted by the Soviet bloc, thereby removing the main competition. He also saw success in the Commonwealth Games, winning gold medals in the super heavyweight division of the 1982 Brisbane games and the 1986 Edinburgh games.
Lukin was a tuna fisherman who shot to fame as a weightlifter in the 1980s, then returned to run the family fishery business. In 2000, a portrait of him was hung in the Archibald Prize called Strongest Man of the Games, painted by David Bromley.
In a press conference following his 1984 Olympic gold medal, Lukin reportedly told assembled journalists that instead of focusing upon his victory, they should assemble for the disabled games and show those competitors as much time and respect as they had shown him. This was because their achievements were "far greater than mine."
Lukin also has a son, Dean Jr who is living in Port Lincoln doing a large development with housing & fishing estimated to be around $100 million dollars. He also is following in his fathers footsteps and is a weightlifter.
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1972–1992: +110 kg, 1996: +108 kg, 2000–2008: +105 kg
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Lukin, Dean |
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Weightlifter |
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26 May 1960 |
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Australia
