Nikolay Kostylev

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Born4 March 1938
Died7 November 1993 (aged 55)
SportWeightlifting
Nikolay Kostylev
Personal information
Born4 March 1938
Died7 November 1993 (aged 55)
Sport
SportWeightlifting
Medal record
Representing  Soviet Union
World Weightlifting Championships
Gold medal – first place1955 MunichLightweight
European Weightlifting Championships
Gold medal – first place1955 MunichLightweight
Gold medal – first place1956 HelsinkiLightweight

Nikolay Grigoryevich Kostylev (Russian: Николай Григорьевич Костылев, 4 March 1938 – 7 November 1993) was a Russian weightlifter who won one world and two European titles in 1955–1956. Between 1953 and 1959 he set eight ratified world records: seven in the snatch and one in the total.[1][2]

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