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Andrei Denisov (weightlifter)

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Native name
  
אנדריי דניסוב

Country
  
Israel

Weight
  
209 lb (95 kg)

Sport
  
Weightlifting

Born
  
June 3, 1963 (age 53) (
1963-06-03
)

Andrei Denisov (Hebrew: אנדריי דניסוב‎‎; born June 3, 1963) is an Israeli Olympic weightlifter.

Denisov is Jewish. When he competed in the Olympics, he weighed 209 lbs (95 kg).

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. 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).

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Andrei Denisov (weightlifter) Wikipedia