Yevgeny Kazura

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Yevgeny Kazura ( Russian Евгений Кацура ; * 1937 , † March 9, 1967 ) was a Soviet weightlifter .

Career

Yevgeny Kazura started lifting weights as a teenager after doing gymnastics as a boy. Under the guidance of his trainer Alexander Grigoryev, he made rapid progress. Since 1961 he belonged to the world elite, first in the featherweight (up to 60 kg body weight) and then in the lightweight (up to 67.5 kg body weight). He became world and European champion, but was not used in the 1964 Olympic Games.

Yevgeny Kazura was an officer in the Soviet Army. In March 1967, while drunk, he caused a fatal traffic accident in his car. He probably couldn't cope with this fact because he committed suicide on March 9, 1967.

International success

  • 1962, 1st place , Grand Prix of Moscow , Fe, with 352.5 kg, ahead of Szabo, Hungary , 345 kg and Medvedev, USSR , 342.5 kg,
  • 1962, 2nd place , WM + EM in Budapest , Fe, with 357.5 kg, behind Yevgeny Minajew , USSR, 362.5 kg and in front of Rudolf Kozlowski , Poland , 352.5 kg;
  • 1963, 1st place , Grand Prix of Moscow, Fe, with 357.5 kg, ahead of Fitzi Bals, Romania , 355 kg and Tschao Min-Tschan, China , 350 kg;
  • 1964, 1st place , EM in Moscow, Fe, with 365 kg, ahead of Balas, 362.5 kg and Imre Földi , Hungary , 360 kg;
  • 1965, 1st place , Grand Prix of Moscow, Le, with 422.5 kg, ahead of Sergei Lopatin , USSR, 420 kg and Bagocs, Hungary, 365 kg;
  • 1966, 1st place , Grand Prix of Riga , Le, with 427.5 kg, ahead of Marian Zieliński , Poland, 425 kg and Wladimir Kaplunow , USSR, 412.5 kg;
  • 1966, 1st place , Baltic Cup, Le, with 420 kg, ahead of Novak, Poland, 380 kg and Uwe Kliche , Germany , 367.5 kg;
  • 1966 1st place , WM + EM in Berlin , Le, with 437.5 kg, ahead of Zieliński, 410 kg and Parviz Jalayer, Iran , 405 kg.

USSR championships

  • 1961, 3rd place, Fe, with 350 kg, behind Minajew, 365 kg, and Medvedev, 352.5 kg;
  • 1962, 1st place, Fe, with 355 kg, ahead of Medvedev, 350 kg and Rafael Tschimischkian , 342.5 kg;
  • 1964, 1st place, Fe, with 367.5 kg;
  • 1965, 2nd place, Le, with 415 kg, behind Lopatin, 420 kg, and in front of Nogaitschwe, 407.5 kg;
  • 1966, 1st place, Le, with 417.5 kg, ahead of Nogaitschew, 407.5 kg and Petro Korol , 400 kg.

World records

in the Olympic three-way battle:

  • 437.5 kg, 1966 in Berlin, Le.
personal data
SURNAME Kazura, Yevgeny
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Евгений Кацура (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION soviet weightlifter
DATE OF BIRTH 1937
DATE OF DEATH March 9, 1967