Pavel Vladimirovich Pervushin (russian: Павел Владимирович Первушин, 5 September 1947 – 24 September 2022)Скончался знаменитый ленинградский штангист Павел Первушин
was a Soviet heavyweight weightlifter. In 1973 he won the Soviet, European and world titles. Between 1971 and 1973 he set 15 ratified world records: nine in the snatch, four 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 two in the total. He was not selected for the 1972 Olympics due to a strong competition within the Soviet team. Pervushin took up weightlifting in 1964. After the 1973 World Championships he severely injured his wrist, but recovered by 1975 when he won the Soviet Cup. He retired after another injury in 1976 and later worked as a sports instructor in several military institutions.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pervushin, Pavel 1947 births 2022 deaths Sportspeople from Vologda Oblast Soviet male weightlifters European Weightlifting Championships medalists World Weightlifting Championships medalists European champions in weightlifting Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR