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| Born | 15 June 1962 (1962-06-15) (age 62) Myski, Kemerovo Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Viktor Reinbold | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Viktor Viktorovich Solodov (Russian: Виктор Викторович Солодов; born 15 June 1962) is a retired Russian weightlifter. Between 1983 and 1986 he won three gold and four silver medals at the world and European championships and set four ratified world records. He missed the 1984 Summer Olympics due to their boycott by the Soviet Union and the 1988 Summer Olympics due to an injury.
Solodov retired in 1990 and later worked as a weightlifting administrator and international referee. He is married and has two sons and one daughter.
References
- ^ Чемпион без олимпиады. kuzbass85.ru (10 August 2011)
- Viktor Solodov. chidlovski.net
- Чудо-богатырь земли Кузнецкой. туэтт.рф (13 October 2013)
- 1962 births
- People from Myski
- Living people
- Soviet male weightlifters
- World Weightlifting Championships medalists
- European Weightlifting Championships medalists
- Sportspeople from Kemerovo Oblast
- Russian male weightlifters
- Russian sports executives and administrators
- Friendship Games medalists in weightlifting
- 20th-century Russian sportsmen