Nikolay Kostylev

Russian weightlifter (1938–1993)

Nikolay Kostylev
Personal information
Born4 March 1938
Died7 November 1993 (aged 55)
Sport
SportWeightlifting
Medal record
Representing  Soviet Union
World Weightlifting Championships
Gold medal – first place 1955 Munich Lightweight
European Weightlifting Championships
Gold medal – first place 1955 Munich Lightweight
Gold medal – first place 1956 Helsinki Lightweight

Nikolay Grigoryevich Kostylev (Russian: Николай Григорьевич Костылев, 4 March 1938 – 7 November 1993) was a Russian weightlifter who won one world and two European titles in 1955–1956. Between 1953 and 1959 he set eight ratified world records: seven in the snatch and one in the total.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ ТУРНИР ПО ТЯЖЕЛОЙ АТЛЕТИКЕ ПАМЯТИ Н.Г. КОСТЫЛЕВА. noc-vitebsk.by (7 April 2014)
  2. ^ NIKOLAY KOSTYLEV. chidlovski.net
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World Champions in Weightlifting – Men's Lightweight
  • 67.5 kg (1905)
  • 70 kg (1906–1913)
  • 67.5 kg (1920–1991)
  • 70 kg (1993–1997)
  • 69 kg (1998–2017)
  • 73 kg (2018–)


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