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Vladimir Smetanin

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Vladimir Smetanin
Personal information
Born13 February 1937 (1937-02-13) (age 87)
Moscow, Russia
Sport
SportWeightlifting
Medal record
Representing the  Soviet Union
World Weightlifting Championships
Silver medal – second place 1969 Warsaw Flyweight
European Weightlifting Championships
Silver medal – second place 1969 Warsaw Flyweight
Bronze medal – third place 1970 Szombathely Flyweight

Vladimir Semyonovich Smetanin (Template:Lang-ru, born 13 February 1937) is a retired Russian flyweight weightlifter who was active between 1961 and 1973. During this period he won five Soviet titles and three medals at world and European championships; he also and set two official world records, both in the total (1970 and 1973).[1][2]

Smetanin's father was executed during the Stalin's purges of 1937, and his family was moved from Moscow to the Urals, where he was raised by his mother.[1]

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