Moisey Davidovich Kasyanik (russian: Моисе́й Дави́дович Касья́ник, also "Moisei and Moysey" and "Kas'ianik, Kosyanik, or Kosianiki"; born January 1, 1911 – 1988) was a Soviet weightlifter. He was Jewish, and was born in Novo-Zhitomyr,

Kherson Guberniya The Kherson Governorate (1802–1922; russian: Херсонская губерния, translit.: ''Khersonskaya guberniya''; uk, Херсонська губернія, translit=Khersonska huberniia), was an administrative territorial unit (also ...

( Russian Empire). He won a

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at the 1937 Workers' Olympiad in

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, and won

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s at the

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in Paris (60 kg) and at the 1947

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in Helsinki (60 kg).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kasyanik, Moisey 1911 births 1988 deaths People from Khersonsky Uyezd Jewish Ukrainian sportspeople Jews from the Russian Empire Soviet Jews Soviet male weightlifters Ukrainian male weightlifters Jewish weightlifters Sportspeople from Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Lesgaft National State University of Physical Education, Sport and Health alumni European Weightlifting Championships medalists World Weightlifting Championships medalists Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR