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Born | 28 October 1960 Bilozerske, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 25 September 1985 (aged 24) Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Soviet Armed Forces | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Oleksandr Ivanovych Perviy (Ukrainian: Олександр Іванович Первій, 28 October 1960 – 25 September 1985) was a Ukrainian weightlifter. Between 1980 and 1982 he won a silver medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics and six medals at the world and European championships; he also set four world records: three in the clean and jerk and one in the total.[1][2][3]
Perviy was known for his weak health and drinking habits.[citation needed][further explanation needed] In early 1983, he had his first heart attack, which forced him to retire from sports and from the Soviet Army. Depression and lack of a job resulted in alcoholism and consequent death from another heart attack at the age of 24.[1]
References
- ^ a b Oleksandr Perviy. sports-reference.com
- ^ ALEXANDER PERVY. chidlovski.net
- ^ Первий Александр Иванович. belozerskoye.at.ua
- 1960 births
- 1985 deaths
- Olympic weightlifters for the Soviet Union
- Ukrainian male weightlifters
- Weightlifters at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union
- Olympic medalists in weightlifting
- Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- European Weightlifting Championships medalists
- World Weightlifting Championships medalists
- Soviet Army personnel
- Sportspeople from Donetsk Oblast
- 20th-century Ukrainian sportsmen
- Soviet weightlifting biography stubs