Grigory Novak
Olympic athlete
1919 – 1980
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Who was Grigory Novak?
Grigory Irmovich Novak was a Ukrainian weightlifter, world champion, and Olympic medalist, who competed for the Soviet Union.
He was Jewish, and was born in Chernobyl, Ukrainian SSR.
Novak became world champion in 1946. In 1947 he won the world light heavyweight championships. He received a silver medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.
In his career, he set 56 world weightlifting records.
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- Born
- Mar 5, 1919
Chernobyl - Also known as
- Grigori Novak
- Died
- Jul 10, 1980
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on July 23, 2013
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