David Rigert

David Rigert
Rigert at an awards ceremony in 2015
Personal information
Full nameDavid Adamovich Rigert
Born (1947-03-12) 12 March 1947 (age 77)[1]
Nagornoye, Kokchetav Oblast, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Height172 cm (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Sport
SportWeightlifting
ClubTrud Shakhty
Avangard Dnepropetrovsk[1]
Coached byRudolf Plyukfelder[2]
Medal record
Representing  Soviet Union
Gold medal – first place 1976 Montreal – 90 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1971 Lima – 90 kg
Gold medal – first place 1973 Havana – 90 kg
Gold medal – first place 1974 Manila – 90 kg
Gold medal – first place 1975 Moscow – 90 kg
Gold medal – first place 1976 Montreal – 90 kg
Gold medal – first place 1978 Gettysburg, Pennsylvania – 100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 1970 Columbus, Ohio – 82.5 kg

David Adamovich Rigert (Russian: Давид Ада́мович Ри́герт; born 12 March 1947) is a retired Soviet weightlifter and weightlifting coach of Austrian ancestry. During his career he set 65 ratified world records and won an Olympic gold medal in 1976 and six world titles.[3] In 1999 he was inducted to the International Weightlifting Federation Hall of Fame.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d "David Rigert Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
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  3. ^ David Rigert. chidlovski.net