Gennady Timofeyevich Chetin (russian: Геннадий Тимофеевич Четин, 1 February 1943 – 2002) was a Russian bantamweight weightlifter. He competed at the

1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Januar ...

and

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and finished in fourth and third place, respectively. He became a world champion in 1971 and set three ratified world records in the total: in 1968, 1971 and 1973.Gennady Chetin
chidlovski.net Chetin was born in a small village in the Urals. He took up weightlifting aged 16, when he lost his parents and was sent to an orphanage. In 1964 he moved from

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and then to

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, to train under

Rudolf Plyukfelder Rudolf Vladimirovich Plyukfelder (russian: Рудольф Владимирович Плюкфельдер, born 6 September 1928) is a retired Soviet weightlifter and weightlifting coach. As a competitor he won world titles in 1959 and 1961 and ...

. The same year he finished third at the Soviet championships, and later returned to Perm. He won the national titles in 1968–69, 1971–72 and 1976. Chetin semi-retired between 1973 and 1976 to recover from alcoholism. In the late 1970s he moved from Perm to a friend in

Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked cou ...

. There he first worked as a farmer and ferryman, but then started competing in

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and coaching the Uzbekistan weightlifting team. In 1992, aged 49, he won a European title and a bronze medal at the world powerliting championships. He died 10 years later.РАНИМАЯ СИЛА
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1943 births 2002 deaths Russian male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for the Soviet Union Weightlifters at the 1968 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in weightlifting Soviet male weightlifters Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics European Weightlifting Championships medalists World Weightlifting Championships medalists People from Kudymkarsky District Sportspeople from Perm Krai {{USSR-weightlifting-bio-stub