Yury Kozin
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Born20 September 1948
Moscow, Soviet Union
Moscow, Soviet Union
SportWeightlifting
ClubDynamo Moscow
Coached byVladimir Pushkarev
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| Born | 20 September 1948 Moscow, Soviet Union | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||
| Club | Dynamo Moscow | |||||||||||
| Coached by | Vladimir Pushkarev | |||||||||||
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Yury Yevgenyevich Kozin (Russian: Юрий Евгеньевич Козин; born 20 September 1948) is a retired Soviet heavyweight weightlifter who won a Soviet and a world title in 1971 and set six ratified world records in 1970–72: five in the press[1] and one in the clean and jerk.[2][3]
Kozin graduated from the Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism,[2] and after retiring from competitions worked as a weightlifting coach. He prepared Valery Yurov to the 1990 World Championships.[4]
