Bakir Farkhutdinov
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| Born | 15 May 1925 Nizhnie Chershily, Tatarstan, Russia | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | 2008 Moscow, Russia | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||
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Bakir Farrakhovich Farkhutdinov (Template:Lang-ru; 15 May 1925 – 2008) was a Russian bantamweight weightlifter who was active in the 1950s–60s. In 1954 he won the Soviet, European and world titles.[1][2]
Farkhutdinov took up weightlifting aged 24, while serving in the Soviet Army, and retired at 41. After that for about 30 years he worked as a masseur with the Moscow football clubs Spartak and Dynamo. He had a son and a daughter.[3]
References
- ^ Динамо. Энциклопедия. ОЛМА Медиа Групп. 2003. p. 280. ISBN 978-5-224-04399-6.
- ^ Bakir Farkhutdinov. chidlovski.net
- ^ МАССАЖИСТ ДУБЛЯ. sport-express.ru (1 August 2000)
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