Bakir Farkhutdinov

Soviet weightlifter

Bakir Farkhutdinov
Personal information
Born15 May 1925
Nizhnie Chershily, Tatarstan, Russia
Died2008
Moscow, Russia
Sport
SportWeightlifting
Medal record
Representing the  Soviet Union
World Weightlifting Championships
Gold medal – first place 1954 Vienna Bantamweight
European Weightlifting Championships
Gold medal – first place 1954 Vienna Bantamweight

Bakir Farrakhovich Farkhutdinov (Russian: Бакир Фаррахович Фархутдинов; 15 May 1925 – 2008) was a Russian bantamweight weightlifter who was active in the 1950s–60s. In 1954 he won the Soviet, European and world titles.[1][2]

Farkhutdinov took up weightlifting aged 24, while serving in the Soviet Army, and retired at 41. After that for about 30 years he worked as a masseur with the Moscow football clubs Spartak and Dynamo. He had a son and a daughter.[3]

References

  1. ^ Динамо. Энциклопедия. ОЛМА Медиа Групп. 2003. p. 280. ISBN 978-5-224-04399-6.
  2. ^ Bakir Farkhutdinov. chidlovski.net
  3. ^ МАССАЖИСТ ДУБЛЯ. sport-express.ru (1 August 2000)
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World Champions in Weightlifting – Men's Bantamweight
  • 56 kg (1947–1991)
  • 59 kg (1993–1997)
  • 56 kg (1998–2017)
  • 61 kg (2018–)


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