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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