Yevgeny Minayev, Russian weightlifter (b. 1933)
Yevgeny Gavrilovich Minayev (Russian: Евгений Гаврилович Минаев; 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.
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United Nations
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