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Yury Kozin
Kozin in 2017
Personal information
Born (1948-09-20) 20 September 1948 (age 76)
Moscow, Soviet Union
Sport
SportWeightlifting
ClubDynamo Moscow
Coached byVladimir Pushkarev
Medal record
Representing the  Soviet Union
World Weightlifting Championships
Gold medal – first place 1971 Lima -110 kg

Yury Yevgenyevich Kozin (Russian: Юрий Евгеньевич Козин; born 20 September 1948) is a retired Soviet heavyweight weightlifter who won a Soviet and a world title in 1971 and set six ratified world records in 1970–72: five in the press and one in the clean and jerk.[1][2]

Kozin graduated from the Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism,[1] and after retiring from competitions worked as a weightlifting coach. He prepared Valery Yurov to the 1990 World Championships.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Динамо. Энциклопедия. ОЛМА Медиа Групп. 2003. p. 278. ISBN 978-5-224-04399-6.
  2. ^ Yury Kozin. chidlovski.net.
  3. ^ Юрий Козин: Первую штангу точили в подвале. Moskovskij Komsomolets. 1 October 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2019.