Vladimir Nikolaevich Belyaev (russian: Владимир Николаевич Беляев, September 24, 1940 – May 7, 2020) is a former

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

weightlifter Olympic weightlifting, or Olympic-style weightlifting (officially named Weightlifting), is a sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ground to overhead, with each athlete trying to successfully lif ...

, World champion (1966) and Olympic medalist (1968) who competed for the

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. He was born in Kiev. Belyaev won a silver medal at the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...

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* * 1940 births Living people Russian male weightlifters Soviet male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for the Soviet Union Weightlifters at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in weightlifting Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics {{USSR-weightlifting-bio-stub