Yevgeny Minayev, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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weightlifter
Date of Birth: 21-May-1933
Place of Birth: Klin, Russia
Date of Death: 08-Dec-1993
Profession: weightlifter
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Yevgeny Minayev
- Yevgeny Gavrilovich Minayev (Russian: ??????? ?????????? ??????, 21 May 1933 – 8 December 1993) was a Russian weightlifter who competed for the Soviet Union.
- He won a silver medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics and a gold medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics.Minayev started training in weightlifting while serving in the Soviet Army.
- At his first competition, the 1956 Soviet Championships, Minayev broke the world record in the press, but finished only fourth overall.
- Yet he was selected for the 1956 Olympics, as a reserve, and won a silver behind Isaac Berger; he lost to Berger also at the 1958 and 1961 world championships, but beat him at the 1957 and 1962 world championships and at the 1960 Olympics, in a 9-hour battle.
- Domestically, Minayev won seven national titles (1957–59, 1961, 1963, 1965–66).
- He also became European champion in 1958, 1960 and 1962, winning a silver in 1961.
- During his career, Minayev set 13 world records, nine in the press, one in the snatch, and three in the total.Minayev was known for his lack of subordination.
- He refused any coach and often missed training sessions of the national team.
- Consequently, he was expelled from the team in the mid-1960s despite being a national champion.
- He retired in 1966 and briefly worked as a weightlifting coach before returning to his native Klin, where he took temporal jobs at farms and mechanical workshops.
- Minayev left a car, an apartment and his family in Moscow.
- He spent his last years homeless on the streets of Klin, where he froze to death in December 1993.
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