Vladimir Stepanovich Stogov (Russian: Владимир Степанович Стогов; 5 November 1930 – 17 May 2005) was a former Russian weightlifter, World champion, and Olympic medalist, who competed for the Soviet Union.
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Born | 5 November 1930 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 17 May 2005 | (aged 74)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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He became World champion in the Bantamweight class five times, in 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, and 1961, and received a silver medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.[1]
References
edit- ^ "1956 Summer Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Weightlifting" Archived 2007-08-27 at the Wayback Machine – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 24, 2008)
External links
edit- Vladimir Stogov at Lift Up
- Vladimir Stogov at Olympedia