Bakir Farkhutdinov, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Bakir Farkhutdinov

Date of Birth: 15-May-1925

Date of Death: 01-Jan-2008

Profession: weightlifter

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Bakir Farrakhovich Farkhutdinov (Russian: ????? ?????????? ???????????, 15 May 1925 – 2008) was a Russian bantamweight weightlifter who was active in the 1950s–60s.
In 1954 he won the Soviet, European and world titles.Farkhutdinov took up weightlifting aged 24, while serving in the Soviet Army, and retired at 41.
After that for about 30 years he worked as a masseur with the Moscow football clubs Spartak and Dynamo.
He had a son and a daughter.