Oleksandr Ivanovych Perviy ( uk, Олександр Іванович Первій, 28 October 1960 – 25 September 1985) was a Ukrainian weightlifter. Between 1980 and 1982 he won a silver medal at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

and six medals at the world and European championships; he also set four world records: three in the

clean and jerk The clean and jerk is a composite of two weightlifting movements, most often performed with a barbell: the clean and the jerk. During the ''clean'', the lifter moves the barbell from the floor to a racked position across the deltoids, without res ...

and one in the total. Perviy was known for his weak health and drinking habits. In early 1983, he had his first heart attack, which forced him to retire from sports and from the Soviet Army. Depression and lack of a job resulted in alcoholism and consequent death from another heart attack at the age of 24.

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1960 births 1985 deaths Olympic weightlifters of the Soviet Union Ukrainian male weightlifters Weightlifters at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in weightlifting Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics European Weightlifting Championships medalists World Weightlifting Championships medalists Soviet Army personnel Sportspeople from Donetsk Oblast {{USSR-weightlifting-bio-stub