Valerios Leonidis

Valerios Leonidis (Greek: Βαλέριος Λεωνίδης; born February 14, 1966) is a Greek former weightlifter and current weightlifting trainer. He has won one Olympic silver medal, two silver and one bronze World Championship medals.[1] He has competed in different weight classes from 60 kg to 69 kg. His rivalry with world-record holder Naim Süleymanoğlu in the men's 64 kg was a very popular part of the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, in which he won the silver medal.

Valerios Leonidis

Personal information
Birth name	Valery Leonov
Nationality	Greek
Born	February 14, 1966 Yessentuki, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 ^1⁄2 in)
Sport
Country	Greece
Sport	Weightlifting
Medal record Men's weightlifting Representing  Greece Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta -64 kg World Championships 1994 Istanbul -64 kg 1995 Guangzhou -64 kg 1999 Athens -69 kg European Championships 1993 Sofia -64 kg 1994 Sokolov -64 kg 1995 Warsaw -64 kg 1996 Stavanger -64 kg 1999 A Coruña -69 kg Representing  Soviet Union USSR Weightlifting Championships 1986 Moscow -64 kg 1991 Donetsk -64 kg Summer Spartakiad of the USSR 1986 Moscow -64 kg 1991 Donetsk -64 kg

Leonidis was born in Yessentuki, Russia, to a Pontic Greek family. He was a member of the national weightlifting team of the Soviet Union from 1982 to 1990 and he moved to Greece in 1991.

References

1. "Valerios Leonidis, Top Olympic Lifters of the 20th Century @ Lift Up". chidlovski.net. 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2011.

External links

• Profile at Sports-reference.com