Andrei Denisov (weightlifter)

{{Short description|Israeli weightlifter (born 1963)}}

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Andrei Denisov ({{langx|he|אנדריי דניסוב}}; born June 3, 1963) is an Israeli Olympic weightlifter.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/andrei-denisov-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418062443/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/andrei-denisov-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18|title=Andrei Denisov Bio, Stats, and Results|publisher=}}

Denisov is Jewish.{{Cite web |url=http://www.jewsinsports.org/Olympics.asp?sport=olympics&ID=106 |title= Denisov, Andrei : Jews in Sports @ Virtual Museum |access-date=2016-08-22 |archive-date=2015-10-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151009010820/http://www.jewsinsports.org/olympics.asp?sport=olympics&ID=106 |url-status=dead }} When he competed in the Olympics, he weighed {{convert|209|lb|kg}}.

Denisov competed for Israel at the 1992 Summer Olympics at the age of 29 in Barcelona, Spain, in Weightlifting—Men's Heavyweight (100 kg), and came in 6th, lifting 377.5 kg.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1992/WLT/mens-heavyweight-i.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418124612/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1992/WLT/mens-heavyweight-i.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18|title=Weightlifting at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's Heavyweight I|publisher=}} He lifted {{convert|386|lb|kg}} in the snatch, and {{convert|446|lb|kg}} in the clean and jerk, coming short of a medal by {{convert|50|lb|kg}}.

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