Yury Zakharevich

Yury Ivanovich Zakharevich (Russian: Юрий Иванович Захаревич, born January 18, 1963) is a former Olympic weightlifter for the Soviet Union. He trained at Dynamo in Dimitrovgrad. Yury competed in the middle-heavyweight (90 kg), sub-heavyweight (100 kg) and heavyweight (110 kg) weight classes during his career.^[1]

Nationality Soviet Union

BornYury Ivanovich Zakharevich
(1963-01-18) January 18, 1963 (age 63)

Mokshino, Kalinin Oblast, Soviet Union

Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)

CountrySoviet Union

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Yury Zakharevich

Personal information
Nationality	Soviet Union
Born	Yury Ivanovich Zakharevich (1963-01-18) January 18, 1963 (age 63) Mokshino, Kalinin Oblast, Soviet Union
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Sport
Country	Soviet Union
Sport	Weightlifting
Events	90 kg 100 kg 110 kg
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	Snatch: 210 kg (1988), Clean and jerk: 250 kg (1988), Total: 455 kg (1988)
Medal record Men's Olympic weightlifting Olympic Games 1988 Seoul 110 kg World Championships 1985 Sodertelje 110 kg 1986 Sofia 110 kg 1987 Ostrava 110 kg 1981 Lille 90 kg 1982 Ljubljana 100 kg European Championships 1984 Vittorio 110 kg 1985 Katowice 110 kg 1986 Karl-Marx-Stadt 110 kg 1987 Reims 110 kg 1988 Cardiff 110 kg 1981 Lille 090 kg 1982 Ljubljana 100 kg 1990 Aalborg 110 kg

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Yury Zakharevich has been described as one of the most technically gifted weightlifters of all time. In his analysis of the snatch technique of Yury Zakharevich, the biomechanist Robert Roman said that "Zakharevich raised the barbell in the snatch to "the minimal possible height of the lift lifters of his height can raise a barbell and still successfully fix it overhead."^[2]