Nikolay Saksonov
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| Born | 6 January 1923 Serga, Permsky Uyezd, Perm Governorate, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 2 November 2011 (aged 88) Elektrougli, Moscow, Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 60 kg (130 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Lokomotiv Sverdlovsk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nikolai Nikolaevich Saksonov (Russian: Никола́й Николáевич Саксóнов; 6 January 1923 – 2 November 2011) was a Russian weightlifter. He competed for the Soviet Union at the 1952 Olympics and won a silver medal in the featherweight division (−60 kg). The following year he won a world title in the same division. During his career Saksonov set nine world records: seven official records in the clean and jerk and two unofficial records in the total.