Petro Korol

Petro Korol
Personal information
Nationality	Ukrainian
Born	2 January 1941; Lviv
Died	2 July 2015 (aged 74)
Sport
Sport	Weightlifting
Men's weightlifting
Representing the Soviet Union
Olympic Games

Petro Kindratovych Korol (Ukrainian: Петро Король, 2 January 1941 – 2 July 2015) was a Ukrainian weightlifter and Olympic champion who competed for the Soviet Union.[1]

Born in Lviv, he won a gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.[2] Korol was a member of the Dynamo sports society.

References

Пішов із життя славетний львівський важкоатлет Петро Король (in Ukrainian)
"1976 Summer Olympics - Montreal, Canada - Weightlifting" Archived 2008-09-17 at the Wayback Machine - databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 23, 2008)

External links

Sadovnyk, O. Petro Korol: After my disqualification, the head of Dynamo regional council wanted to send me... for guard duty in labor camp. "Vysokyi Zamok". January 5, 2012.
Petro Korol at Olympedia

Petro Korol at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

Petro Korol at databaseOlympics.com (archived)

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[1] Пішов із життя славетний львівський важкоатлет Петро Король (in Ukrainian)

[db-ol1976-weightlifting-2] "1976 Summer Olympics - Montreal, Canada - Weightlifting" Archived 2008-09-17 at the Wayback Machine - databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 23, 2008)