Viktor Bushuev

Viktor Bushuev

Viktor Bushuev at the 1960 Olympics
Personal information
Born 18 May 1933
Balakhna, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Died 25 April 2003 (aged 69)
Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Height 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight 67 kg (148 lb)
Sport
Sport Weightlifting
Club Trud Nizhny Novgorod

Viktor Georgievich Bushuev (Russian: Виктор Георгиевич Бушуев, 18 May 1933 – 25 April 2003) was a Russian weightlifter. During his career, he won three world titles (1957–1959) and an Olympic gold medal (1960), and set three official and two unofficial world records, all in the total.[1][2]

Bushuev was selected to the national team in 1955 and dominated his 67.5 kg weight category until 1960. He retired in 1964 after failing the national trials for the Olympic team and became a weightlifting coach in his native Nizhny Novgorod.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Viktor Bushuyev. sports-reference.com
  2. Viktor Bushuev. chidlovski.net


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