Viktor Solodov

Viktor Viktorovich Solodov (Russian: Виктор Викторович Солодов; born 15 June 1962) is a retired Russian weightlifter.

Between 1983 and 1986 he won three gold and four silver medals at the world and European championships and set four ratified world records.

[2] He missed the 1984 Summer Olympics due to their boycott by the Soviet Union and the 1988 Summer Olympics due to an injury.

[1] Solodov retired in 1990 and later worked as a weightlifting administrator and international referee.

[3] He is married and has two sons and one daughter.