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Leonid Ivanovich Zhabotinsky (Ukrainian: Леонiд Іванович Жаботинський; 28 January 1938 – 14 January 2016) was a Soviet and Ukrainian weightlifter who set 19 world records in the superheavyweight class, and won gold medals at the 1964 and 1968 Olympic Games.[2][3]

Leonid Zhabotinsky

Zhabotinsky in 1968
Personal information
Born	(1938-01-28)28 January 1938 Uspenka, Sumy, Ukrainian SSR
Died	14 January 2016(2016-01-14) (aged 77) Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine
Height	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Weight	163 kg (359 lb) (1968)
Sport
Sport	Weightlifting
Medal record Representing the  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo +90 kg 1968 Mexico City +90 kg World Weightlifting Championships 1963 Stockholm +90 kg 1964 Tokyo +90 kg 1965 Teheran +90 kg 1966 East Berlin +90 kg 1968 Mexico City +90 kg European Weightlifting Championships 1963 Stockholm +90 kg 1966 East Berlin +90 kg 1968 Leningrad +90 kg USSR Weightlifting Championships 1961 Dnipropetrovsk +110 kg 1962 Tbilisi +110 kg 1963 Moscow +102.5 kg 1964 Kiev +102.5 kg 1965 Yerevan +102.5k g 1966 Moscow +102.5 kg 1967 Luhansk +102.5 kg 1965 Rostov-on-Don +110 kg

Early life

Zhabotinsky was born in a village in Uspenka, Sumy Oblast, Ukrainian SSR into a Cossack family.[4] Although Ivan Filippovich, his father, was an athlete, Zhabotinsky stated in a 1967 interview that he took after one of his grandfathers, and neither of his parents had an outstanding physique.[3] Zhabotinsky spent his childhood years in Zaporizhzhia. After graduating from the seven-year secondary school, he worked at the Kharkiv Tractor Plant and was coached by Mikhail Svetlichny at the local weightlifting club of the Armed Forces sports society.[3][4]

Weightlifting career

Zhabotinsky debuted at the Ukrainian SSR Championship in 1957, where he earned a bronze medal.[3] Later that year, Zhabotinsky entered the Kharkiv Pedagogical Institute and studied there until 1964. Zhabotinsky was the flag bearer for the Soviet Union during the opening ceremonies of the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, carrying the Soviet flag single-handed when the team marched in, when all the other flag bearers used two hands.[3] Between 1963 and 1974 Zhabotinsky set 19 world records in the superheavyweight class and won gold medals at the 1964 and 1968 Olympics.[5][3] He was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union between 1965 and 1991.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

In 1964 Zhabotinsky graduated from the Kharkiv Pedagogical Institute and in 1970 defended a PhD in pedagogy. After ending his sport career he coached weightlifters at the Soviet Army and retired in 1991 as a colonel. In 1987–1991 he worked in Madagascar as a military consultant and weightlifting coach. After that he became a pro-rector of the Moscow Institute of Business and Law, one of the first private higher education facilities in Russia.[2]

Zhabotinsky was married to Raisa and had two sons, Ruslan and Vilen, both of whom have competed in weightlifting.[6] He died at the age of 77 on 14 January 2016 in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine.[3][7]

Zhabotinsky was Arnold Schwarzenegger's teenage idol.[3]

References

External links

• Biography and photo (in Russian)
• Leonid holding the flag

На других языках

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- [en] Leonid Zhabotinsky

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[fr] Leonid Zhabotinsky

Leonid Ivanovych Zhabotynsky (en ukrainien : Леонiд Iванович Жаботинський, Leonid Ivanovytch Jabotynskyï ; en russe : Леонид Иванович Жаботинский), Leonid Ivanovitch Jabotinski ; né le 28 janvier 1938 à Ouspenka (Ukraine) et mort le 14 janvier 2016 à Zaporijia (Ukraine), est un haltérophile ukrainien, représentant l'Union soviétique. Il est double champion olympique dans la catégorie des + de 90 kg.

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[it] Leonid Žhabotins'kij

Leonid Ivanovych Žhabotins'kij (in ucraino: Леонiд Iванович Жаботинський?; Uspenka (Sumy), 28 gennaio 1938 – Zaporižžja, 14 gennaio 2016) è stato un sollevatore sovietico che ha stabilito 19 record mondiali nella categoria dei pesi massimi e ha vinto due medaglie d'oro ai Giochi olimpici del 1964 e del 1968.

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[ru] Жаботинский, Леонид Иванович

Леони́д Ива́нович Жаботи́нский (28 января 1938 (1938-01-28), Успенка — 14 января 2016, Запорожье) — украинский советский штангист, выступавший в супертяжёлом весе.

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