In 1996, he won gold in the 91 kg (201 lb) class at the 1996 Olympics and set his second world record in the snatch.

Meanwhile, his season best was 10 kg (22 lb) higher than the gold medal result at those Olympics.

[6] His weightlifting idol was David Rigert,[7] and his first coaches were his father and elder brother.

[8] Media related to Aleksey Petrov (weightlifter) at Wikimedia Commons

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