Vasily Yakovlevich Denisov (January 1955, Peshnigort , Komi-Permyak National District - 1996) - Soviet weightlifter . USSR master of sports of international class .
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He began to engage in weightlifting in 1971. From the first year of the Kudymkar Medical School he was drafted into the army. He served in the sports company of Perm . In 1974, at the championship of the Armed Forces in Moscow in the weight category of 67.5 kg he fulfilled the standard of a master of sports. Then he performed in the welterweight category (up to 75 kg.).
Killed in 1996
Achievements
- Champion of the USSR : 1980 - 340 kg (152.5 + 187.5).
- Bronze medalist of the USSR Championship: 1977 - 322.5 kg (142.5 + 180) and 1979 : 332.5 kg (150 + 182.5).
- USSR Air Force Championship Winner: 1978.
- Friendly Army Sports Club Cup Winner: 1978, Frankfurt, GDR.
- Winner of the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the RSFSR: 1979, Lipetsk - 330 kg - champion of Russia.