Andrei Denisov | |
Native Name: | אנדריי דניסוב |
Native Name Lang: | Hebrew |
Birth Date: | 3 June 1963 |
Weight: | 209lb |
Sport: | Weightlifting |
Updated: | 23 August 2016 |
Andrei Denisov (Hebrew: אנדריי דניסוב; born June 3, 1963) is an Israeli Olympic weightlifter.[1]
Denisov is Jewish.[2] When he competed in the Olympics, he weighed 209lb.[1]
Denisov competed for Israel at the 1992 Summer Olympics at the age of 29 in Barcelona, Spain, in Weightlifting—Men's Heavyweight (100 kg), and came in 6th, lifting 377.5 kg.[1] [3] He lifted 386lb in the snatch, and 446lb in the clean and jerk, coming short of a medal by 50lb.[2]