Nikolay Saksonov

Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Competitor for the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Silver	1952 Helsinki	-60 kg
World Championships
Gold	1953 Stockholm	-60 kg

Nikolai Nikolaevich Saksonov (Russian: Николай Николаевич Саксонов, January 6, 1923 – November 2, 2011) was a Russian weightlifter, world champion and Olympic medalist, who competed for the Soviet Union.

He received a silver medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki,^[1] and won a gold medal at the 1953 World Championships in Stockholm in the featherweight class.

After retiring from professional sport, Saksonov headed the Department of Athletics of the State Central Institute of Physical Culture. ^[2]

References

1. ^ "1952 Summer Olympics - Helsinki, Finland - Weightlifting" - databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 23, 2008).
2. ^ Под Москвой скончался 12-кратный рекордсмен мира

• "Nikolay Saksonov". Sports-reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/nikolay-saksonov-1.html. Retrieved January 30, 2010. 

Persondata
Name	Saksonov, Nikolai
Alternative names
Short description	eightlifter
Date of birth	January 6, 1923
Place of birth
Date of death	November 2, 2011
Place of death	Moscow

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