Viktor Mazin
Weightlifter
Intro | Weightlifter | |
Places | Kazakhstan | |
is | Athlete Weightlifter | |
Work field | Sports | |
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Birth | 18 June 1954 | |
Age | 70 years |
Viktor Ivanovich Mazin (Russian: Виктор Иванович Мазин, born 18 June 1954) is a retired Soviet featherweight weightlifter. He won a gold medal at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow, setting five ratified world records in the process. Domestically Mazin won one Soviet title in 1980, and placed second in 1979 and 1981. He retired in 1982 after winning a Soviet Cup.