Viktor Bushuev

Viktor Georgievich Bushuev (Russian: Виктор Георгиевич Бушуев, 18 May 1933 – 25 April 2003) was a Soviet and Russian weightlifter. During his career, he won three world titles (1957–1959) and an Olympic gold medal (1960), and set three official and two unofficial world records, all in the total.[1][2]

Viktor Bushuev

Viktor Bushuev at the 1960 Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Viktor Georgievich Bushuev
Born	18 May 1933 Balakhna, Nizhny Novgorod, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Died	25 April 2003 (aged 69) Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	67 kg (148 lb)
Sport
Sport	Weightlifting
Club	Trud Nizhny Novgorod
Medal record Representing the  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1960 Rome -67.5 kg World Weightlifting Championships 1957 Tehran -67.5 kg 1958 Stockholm -67.5 kg 1959 Warsaw -67.5 kg

Bushuev was selected to the national team in 1955 and dominated his 67.5 kg weight category until 1960. He retired in 1964 after failing the national trials for the Olympic team and became a weightlifting coach in his native Nizhny Novgorod.[1]