- Denys Hotfrid
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Denys Hotfrid Personal information Born February 5, 1975 Medal recordMen’s Weightlifting Competitor for Ukraine Olympic Games Bronze 1996 Atlanta – 99 kg World Championships Gold 1999 Athens – 105 kg Gold 2002 Warsaw – 105 kg Bronze 1998 Lahti – 105 kg European Championships Gold 1997 Rijeka – 108 kg Gold 1999 La Coruña – 105 kg Denys Rudolfovych Hotfrid (Ukrainian: Денис Рудольфович Готфрід; born February 5, 1975 in Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast) is a retired male weightlifter from Ukraine. He twice competed for his native country at the Summer Olympics: 1996 and 2000. Hotfrid is best known for winning a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the – 99 kg division, and setting a world record in clean & jerk (235 kg) on 1999-11-28 at the 1999 World Weightlifting Championships.
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