Jakov Kuzenko

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Soviet sports coach and weightlifter (1915-1988)

Lived 1915 to 1988 · aged 72

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Yakiv Hryhorovych Kutsenko was a Ukrainian heavyweight weightlifter. Between 1946 and 1950 he won two European titles and two silver medals at world championships, both times losing to John Davis.

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Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class

Order of the Red Banner of Labour

Merited Coach of the USSR

Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR

Order of the Badge of Honour

About this person

Yakiv Hryhorovych Kutsenko was a Ukrainian heavyweight weightlifter. Between 1946 and 1950 he won two European titles and two silver medals at world championships, both times losing to John Davis. He was the Soviet heavyweight champion between 1937 and 1952, and in 1947 set three official world records in the clean and jerk.

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Lived 1915 to 1988 · aged 72

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