Andrei Denisov ( he, 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
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at the age of 29 in
Barcelona
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, 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).
References
1963 births
Living people
Israeli Jews
Jewish weightlifters
Israeli male weightlifters
Weightlifters at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Olympic weightlifters of Israel
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