Petro Korol

Soviet weightlifter

Petro Korol
Personal information
NationalityUkrainian
Born(1941-01-02)2 January 1941
Lviv
Died2 July 2015(2015-07-02) (aged 74)
Sport
SportWeightlifting
Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1976 Montreal -67.5 kg

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

  1. ^ Пішов із життя славетний львівський важкоатлет Петро Король (in Ukrainian)
  2. ^ "1976 Summer Olympics - Montreal, Canada - Weightlifting" Archived 2008-09-17 at the Wayback Machine - databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 23, 2008)

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 OlympediaEdit on Wikidata
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  • 67.5 kg (1920–1992)
  • 70 kg (1996)
  • 69 kg (2000–2016)
  • 73 kg (2020–)
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World Champions in Weightlifting – Men's Lightweight
  • 67.5 kg (1905)
  • 70 kg (1906–1913)
  • 67.5 kg (1920–1991)
  • 70 kg (1993–1997)
  • 69 kg (1998–2017)
  • 73 kg (2018–)


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