Sergey Lopatin (weightlifter, born 1939)

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Sergey Lopatin
Sergey and Evgeny Lopatin
Personal information
Born19 March 1939
Saratov, Russia
Died17 January 2004 (aged 64)
Moscow Oblast, Russia
Sport
SportWeightlifting
ClubCSKA Moscow
Coached byYevgeny Lopatin
Medal record
Representing the  Soviet Union
World Weightlifting Championships
Silver medal – second place 1961 Vienna -67.5 kg
European Weightlifting Championships
Silver medal – second place 1961 Vienna -67.5 kg

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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