Sergey Lopatin (weightlifter, born 1939)

Sergey Lopatin

Sergey and Evgeny Lopatin
Personal information
Born 19 March 1939
Saratov, Russia
Died 17 January 2004 (aged 64)
Moscow Oblast, Russia
Sport
Sport Weightlifting
Club CSKA Moscow
Coached by Yevgeny Lopatin

Sergey Evgenyevich Lopatin (Russian: Сергей Евгеньевич Лопатин, 19 March 1939 – 17 January 2004) was a Russian lightweight weightlifter. Trained by his father, Olympic weightlifter Yevgeny Lopatin, he won silver medals at the world and European championships in 1961. Between 1961 and 1966 he set 11 ratified world records: six in the press, three in the snatch and two in the total. He won the Soviet title in 1961 and 1965.[1][2]

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