Gennady Bessonov (weightlifter), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Russian weightlifter
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Place of Birth: Shakhty, Rostov Oblast, Russia
About Gennady Bessonov (weightlifter)
- Gennady Veniaminovich Bessonov (Russian: ???????? ???????????? ????????, born 28 April 1954) is a retired Russian heavyweight weightlifter who won world titles in 1977 and 1979.
- In 1981 he set three world records: one in the snatch and two in the clean and jerk.
- He retired in 1983 due to progressing back and hip injuries and became a police officer in his native Shakhty.
- In 1991 he graduated from the National Internal Affairs Academy, and from 1994 to 2005 headed a police department in Rostov Oblast.
- He retired from the police force in 2005 in the rank of colonel, and after that worked for the Shakhty City Administration.
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