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Vasilijs Stepanovs (3 March,[1][2] 28 May[3] or 12 December 1927[4][5] – 8 April 2011) was a Soviet weightlifter. He was born in Russia as Vasily Matveyevich Stepanov (Russian: Василий Матвеевич Степанов), but later settled in Latvia, after serving with the Soviet Baltic Fleet there.[3]

Vasilijs Stepanovs

Personal information
Born	1927 Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died	8 April 2011 (aged 83–84)
Sport
Sport	Weightlifting
Club	Dynamo Riga
Medal record Representing  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1956 Melbourne Light heavyweight World Weightlifting Championships 1955 Munich Light heavyweight European Weightlifting Championships 1955 Munich Light heavyweight

Stepanovs took up weightlifting in 1948, and in 1953 won the Soviet middleweight title. He then moved to the light-heavyweight class and won the 1955 European and 1956 Soviet titles. He finished second at the 1955 World Championships and 1956 Olympics, both times behind Tommy Kono. After the Olympics he progressed to the middle-heavyweight division and set four ratified world records in the press between 1958 and 1962. In retirement he trained weightlifters in Riga, Latvia.[3][6]

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- [en] Vasilijs Stepanovs

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[it] Vasilij Stepanov (sollevatore)

Vasilij Matveevič Stepanov (in russo: Василий Матвеевич Степанов?; Leningrado, 28 maggio 1927 – Riga, 8 aprile 2011) è stato un sollevatore sovietico che ha gareggiato prevalentemente nelle categorie dei pesi massimi leggeri (fino a 82,5 kg.) e dei pesi medio-massimi (fino a 90 kg.).

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[ru] Степанов, Василий Матвеевич

Василий Матвеевич Степанов (27 декабря 1927 (1927-12-27), Ленинградская область, РСФСР — 8 апреля 2011, Рига, Латвия) — советский тяжелоатлет, серебряный призёр Олимпийских игр в Мельбурне (1956).

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