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Sergey Lopatin (Russian: Сергей Лопатин, born 3 April 1961) is a Russian heavyweight weightlifter. Competing in the masters category he won a world title in 2003 and 2004, placing second in 2002, 2008 and 2011.
Lopatin took up weightlifting in 1974 and around 1980 was a member of the Soviet junior team. He then semi-retired, and returned to weightlifting in 1999, aged 38. He lives in Zheleznogorsk, where he works as a weighlifting coach and serves as a member of the city council.