The Russian weightlifter, after whom a sports school was named in a Hungarian city, has died

He competed for the Soviet Union and won an Olympic gold medal in the 90 kg category at the 1976 Montreal Games. An academy and sports school in Iregszemcse bear his name. He was inducted into the international sports federation's Hall of Fame in 1999. After retiring from competition, he served as head coach for the Soviet and later Russian national teams. He visited Hungary multiple times, and a weightlifting academy and sports school established in 2013 in Iregszemcse are named after him.