Andrei Denisov (weightlifter)

Andrei Denisov
Personal information
Native name אנדריי דניסוב
Born (1963-06-03) June 3, 1963
Weight 209 lb (95 kg)
Sport
Country  Israel
Sport Weightlifting
Updated on 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 209 lbs (95 kg).[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 386 pounds (175.0 kg) in the snatch, and 446 pounds (202.5 kg) in the clean and jerk, coming short of a medal by 50 pounds (22.5 kg).[2]

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