David Adamovich Riegert ( March 12, 1947 , the village of Nagornoye , Kokchetav Oblast , Kazakh SSR , USSR ) - repeated champion of the world, Europe, USSR in weightlifting, champion of the Olympic Games (1976). At the 2004 Summer Olympics, he was the head coach of the Russian weightlifting team [1] . Honored Coach of Russia . Rudolf Pluckfelder's apprentice.
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| Full name | David Adamovich Riegert | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A country |  USSR →  Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Specialization | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of Birth | March 12, 1947 (72 years old) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of Birth | Nagornoye village Kokchetav region Kazakh SSR , USSR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Awards and medals
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Biography
The ancestors of David Riegert came from Germany to Russia in 1740 [2] . At the beginning of World War II, the parents of Rigert, Adam Adamovich Rigert and Elizaveta Rudolfovna Gorn [3] , were deported to Northern Kazakhstan , where he was born. In 1964, the family returned to their former place of residence, in the Kuban . There, David Riegert picked up a makeshift barbell for the first time. After the army he moved to the Mines , purposefully, to train with the famous Rudolf Plukfelder , at his invitation [2] .
Member of the CPSU since 1977. He graduated from the Moscow Institute of Physical Culture (1978).
After completing his phenomenal sports career and coaching, David Riegert organized a farm near Taganrog [4] .
Sporting Achievements
- Honored Master of Sports of the USSR (1971).
- Honored trainer of the USSR .
- Olympic champion Montreal (1976).
- Six-time world champion (1971, 1973-1976, 1978).
- Nine-time European champion (1971-1976, 1978-1980).
- Five-time champion of the USSR (1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1978).
- Set 64 records of the USSR.
- Set 63 world records.
State Awards
- Medal "For Labor Valor" (1971).
- Order of the Red Banner of Labor (1976).
- The badge of honor "For Merits in the Development of Physical Culture and Sports" (2000).
- Order of Friendship (June 27, 2007) [5]
- Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", II degree (November 18, 2010) [6]
- Honorary Citizen of the Rostov Region (June 9, 2015) [7]
Quotes
For me, Rigert is the god of the bar; I prayed for him from childhood.
- Olympic champion in weightlifting Alexei Petrov . Sport-Express
Literary work
- Rigert D.A. Noble metal (lit. recording by Alexander Sklyarenko) . - M.: Mol. guard. 1987 .-- 192 p. - (Sports and personality).
Notes
- ↑ Encyclopedia of Taganrog. - Rostov-on-Don: Rostizdat, 2003 .-- 512 p. - ISBN 5-7509-0662-0 .
- ↑ 1 2 Petrov V. David Rigert: Records did not make a millionaire // Union. Belarus-Russia. - 2006. - November 2.
- ↑ Petrov A. David RIGERT. DO NOT FOOD. DO NOT whine. DO NOT complain // Sport Express. - 2000. - Aug 23.
- ↑ Buksanova D. How the Don God of the rod became a farmer // 161.ru. - 2014 .-- March 21.
- ↑ Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of June 27, 2007 No. 820 . kremlin.ru .
- ↑ Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of November 18, 2010 No. 1448 . kremlin.ru .
- ↑ List of honorary citizens of the Rostov Region . donland.ru . Government of the Rostov region.
Literature
- Rigert David Adamovich // Olympic Encyclopedia / Pavlov S.P. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia , 1980 .-- 415 p.