Yury Kozin

Yury Yevgenyevich Kozin (Russian: Юрий Евгеньевич Козин; born 20 September 1948) is a retired Soviet heavyweight weightlifter who won a Soviet and a world title in 1971 and set six ratified world records in 1970–72: five in the press^[1] and one in the clean and jerk.^[2][3]

Yury Kozin

Kozin in 2017
Personal information
Born	(1948-09-20) 20 September 1948 (age 76) Moscow, Soviet Union
Sport
Sport	Weightlifting
Club	Dynamo Moscow
Coached by	Vladimir Pushkarev
Medal record Representing the  Soviet Union World Weightlifting Championships 1971 Lima -110 kg

Kozin graduated from the Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism,^[2] and after retiring from competitions worked as a weightlifting coach. He prepared Valery Yurov to the 1990 World Championships.^[4]