# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/viktor-mazin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:40:17.260Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/viktor-mazin"
name: "Viktor Mazin"
slug: "viktor-mazin"
description: "Viktor Ivanovich Mazin was a Russian featherweight weightlifter who competed for the Soviet Union. He won a gold medal at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow, setting five ratified world records in the process. Domestically, Mazin won one Soviet title in 1980, and placed second in 1979 and 1981. He retired in 1982 after winning a Soviet Cup. He died in Minusinsk on 8 January 2022, at the age of 67."
tagline: "Soviet weightlifter (1954–2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/RIAN_archive_103479_Soviet_weight-lifter_Viktor_Mazin_during_the_XXII_Olympic_Games.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1954-06-18"
deathDate: "2022-01-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             6.857142857142859
  historical:           13.07455066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm12359784"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump