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Vasily Alekseyev, Russian-German weightlifter and coach (died 2011)

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Vasily Alekseyev

Soviet weightlifter (1942–2011)

Vasily Ivanovich Alekseyev was a Soviet weightlifter. He set 80 world records and 81 Soviet national records in weightlifting and won Olympic gold medals at the 1972 and 1976 games.
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January 7

Day of the year

January 7 is the seventh day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 358 days remain until the end of the year.
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