Vladimir Smetanin

Vladimir Smetanin
Personal information
Born 13 February 1937 (1937-02-13) (age 78)
Moscow, Russia
Sport
Sport Weightlifting

Vladimir Semyonovich Smetanin (Russian: Владимир Семенович Сметанин, born 13 February 1937) is a retired Russian flyweight weightlifter who was active between 1961 and 1973. During this period he won five Soviet titles and three medals at world and European championships; he also and set two official world records, both in the total (1970 and 1973).[1][2]

Smetanin's father was executed during the Stalin's purges of 1937, and his family was moved from Moscow to the Urals, where he was raised by his mother.[1]

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