Denys Hotfrid
Denys Rudolfovych Hotfrid (Ukrainian: Денис Рудольфович Готфрід, also transliterated Gotfrid, born 5 February 1975 in Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast) is a retired male weightlifter from Ukraine. He twice competed for his native country at the Summer Olympics: 1996 and 2000.[1] Hotfrid is best known for winning a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the – 99 kg division, and setting a world record in clean & jerk (235 kg) on 1999-11-28 at the 1999 World Weightlifting Championships.
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| Full name | Denys Rudolfovych Hotfrid | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 February 1975 (age 49) Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Denys Hotfrid". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 19 February 2011.
External links
- Denys Hotfrid at Olympedia
- Denys Hotfrid at Olympics.com
- Denys Hotfrid at Olympic.org (archived)
- Denys Hotfrid at the International Weightlifting Federation (archive)
- Denys Hotfrid at the International Weightlifting Results Project
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