Yury Kozin

Yury Kozin
Personal information
Born 20 September 1948 (1948-09-20) (age 70)
Moscow, Soviet Union
Sport
Sport Weightlifting
Club Dynamo Moscow
Coached by Vladimir Pushkarev
Medal record
Representing the  Soviet Union
World Weightlifting Championships
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. 1 2 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. mk.ru (1 October 2013)
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