Pavel Syrchin
Soviet weightlifter (1957–2020)
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Born | 7 November 1957 (1957-11-07) Gubakha, Perm Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union[1] | |||||||||||||||||
Died | 24 October 2020(2020-10-24) (aged 62) Perm, Russia | |||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Yevgeny Ektov[1] | |||||||||||||||||
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Pavel Leonidovich Syrchin (Russian: Павел Леонидович Сырчин; 7 November 1957 – 24 October 2020) was a Soviet heavyweight weightlifter. In 1979, he won the Soviet and world titles and placed second at the European championships.[2]
Syrchin was an honored citizen of Krasnokamsk, where he worked as a weightlifting coach.[3][4] His son Pavel Jr. also became a competitive weightlifter.[1]
He died from COVID-19 in Perm, Russia, on 24 October 2020.[5]
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World Champions in Weightlifting – Men's First Heavyweight
- 1977: Anatoly Kozlov (URS)
- 1978: David Rigert (URS)
- 1979: Pavel Syrchin (URS)
- 1980: Ota Zaremba (TCH)
- 1981: Viktor Sots (URS)
- 1982: Viktor Sots (URS)
- 1983: Pavel Kuznetsov (URS)
- 1984: Rolf Milser (FRG)
- 1985: Andor Szanyi (HUN)
- 1986: Nicu Vlad (ROU)
- 1987: Pavel Kuznetsov (URS)
- 1989: Petar Stefanov (BUL)
- 1990: Nicu Vlad (ROU)
- 1991: Igor Sadykov (URS)
- 1993: Viktor Tregubov (RUS)
- 1994: Sergey Syrtsov (RUS)
- 1995: Akakios Kakiasvilis (GRE)
- 1997: Martin Tešovič (SVK)
- 2018: Ali Hashemi (IRI)
- 2019: Yauheni Tsikhantsou (BLR)
- 2021: Rasoul Motamedi (IRI)
- 2022: Fares El-Bakh (QAT)
- 2023: Liu Huanhua (CHN)
- 100 kg (1977–1991)
- 99 kg (1993–1997)
- 102 kg (2018–)