Yury Kozin Explained

Birth Date: 20 September 1948 df=yes
Birth Place:Moscow, Soviet Union
Sport:Weightlifting
Club:Dynamo Moscow
Coach:Vladimir Pushkarev
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Yury Yevgenyevich Kozin (Russian: Юрий Евгеньевич Козин; born 20 September 1948) is a retired Soviet heavyweight weightlifter who won a Soviet and a world title in 1971 and set six ratified world records in 1970–72: five in the press and one in the clean and jerk.[1] [2]

Kozin graduated from the Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism,[1] and after retiring from competitions worked as a weightlifting coach. He prepared Valery Yurov to the 1990 World Championships.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Динамо. Энциклопедия. 2003. ОЛМА Медиа Групп. 978-5-224-04399-6. 278.
  2. http://www.chidlovski.net/liftup/l_athleteResult.asp?a_id=453 Yury Kozin
  3. News: https://www.mk.ru/sport/article/2013/10/01/923740-yuriy-kozin-pervuyu-shtangu-tochili-v-podvale.html. ru:Юрий Козин: Первую штангу точили в подвале. Moskovskij Komsomolets. 1 October 2013. 12 November 2019.