Viktor Mazin

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Viktor Mazin
Mazin at the 1980 Olympics
Personal information
Born(1954-06-18)18 June 1954
Chernovskiye Kopi, Chita Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died8 January 2022(2022-01-08) (aged 67)
Minusinsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
Height156 cm (5 ft 1 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
SportWeightlifting
ClubYenbek Shakhtinsk
Medal record
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1980 Moscow -60 kg

Viktor Ivanovich Mazin (Russian: Виктор Иванович Мазин; 18 June 1954 – 8 January 2022) was a Soviet featherweight weightlifter. He won a gold medal at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow. He retired in 1982 after winning a Soviet Cup.

Mazin died in Minusinsk, Russia on 8 January 2022, at the age of 67.[1]

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