Viktor Mazin

Viktor Mazin
Mazin at the 1980 Olympics
Personal information
Born(1954-06-18)18 June 1954
Chernovskiye Kopi, Chita Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died8 January 2022(2022-01-08) (aged 67)
Minusinsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
Height156 cm (5 ft 1 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
SportWeightlifting
ClubYenbek Shakhtinsk
Medal record
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1980 Moscow -60 kg

Viktor Ivanovich Mazin (Russian: Виктор Иванович Мазин; 18 June 1954 – 8 January 2022) was a Russian featherweight weightlifter who competed for the Soviet Union. He won a gold medal at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow, setting five ratified world records in the process. Domestically, Mazin won one Soviet title in 1980, and placed second in 1979 and 1981. He retired in 1982 after winning a Soviet Cup.[1][2] He died in Minusinsk on 8 January 2022, at the age of 67.[3]

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