Valerios Leonidis
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Nationality | Greek | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Yessentuki, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | February 14, 1966|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Greece | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Valerios Leonidis (Greek: Βαλέριος Λεωνίδης; born February 14, 1966) is a Greek former weightlifter and current weightlifting trainer. He has won one Olympic silver medal, two silver and one bronze World Championship medals.[1] He has competed in different weight classes from 60 kg to 69 kg. His rivalry with world-record holder Naim Süleymanoğlu in the men's 64 kg was a very popular part of the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, in which he won the silver medal.
Leonidis was born in Yessentuki, Russia, to Pontic Greek parents. He was a member of the national weighlifting team of the Soviet Union from 1982 to 1990 and he moved to Greece in 1991.
References
- ↑ "Valerios Leonidis, Top Olympic Lifters of the 20th Century @ Lift Up". chidlovski.net. 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
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