Petro Korol
Soviet weightlifter
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Nationality | Ukrainian | ||||||||||||||
Born | (1941-01-02)2 January 1941 Lviv | ||||||||||||||
Died | 2 July 2015(2015-07-02) (aged 74) | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||
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Petro Kindratovych Korol (Ukrainian: Петро Король, 2 January 1941 – 2 July 2015) was a Ukrainian weightlifter and Olympic champion who competed for the Soviet Union.[1]
Born in Lviv, he won a gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.[2] Korol was a member of the Dynamo sports society.
References
External links
- Sadovnyk, O. Petro Korol: After my disqualification, the head of Dynamo regional council wanted to send me... for guard duty in labor camp. "Vysokyi Zamok". January 5, 2012.
- Petro Korol at Olympedia
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- 1920:
Alfred Neuland (EST)
- 1924:
Edmond Decottignies (FRA)
- 1928:
Hans Haas (AUT) /
Kurt Helbig (GER)
- 1932:
René Duverger (FRA)
- 1936:
Robert Fein (AUT) /
Anwar Mesbah (EGY)
- 1948:
Ibrahim Shams (EGY)
- 1952:
Tommy Kono (USA)
- 1956:
Ihor Rybak (URS)
- 1960:
Viktor Bushuev (URS)
- 1964:
Waldemar Baszanowski (POL)
- 1968:
Waldemar Baszanowski (POL)
- 1972:
Mukharby Kirzhinov (URS)
- 1976:
Petro Korol (URS)
- 1980:
Yanko Rusev (BUL)
- 1984:
Yao Jingyuan (CHN)
- 1988:
Joachim Kunz (GDR)
- 1992:
Israel Militosyan (EUN)
- 1996:
Zhan Xugang (CHN)
- 2000:
Galabin Boevski (BUL)
- 2004:
Zhang Guozheng (CHN)
- 2008:
Liao Hui (CHN)
- 2012:
Lin Qingfeng (CHN)
- 2016:
Shi Zhiyong (CHN)
- 2020:
Shi Zhiyong (CHN)
- 2024:
Rizki Juniansyah (INA)
- 67.5 kg (1920–1992)
- 70 kg (1996)
- 69 kg (2000–2016)
- 73 kg (2020–)
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