Yury Yevgenyevich Kozin (Russian: Юрий Евгеньевич Козин; born 20 September 1948) is a retired Soviet heavyweight weightlifter who won a Soviet and a world title in 1971 and set six ratified world records in 1970–72: five in the press and one in the clean and jerk.

[1][2] Kozin graduated from the Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism,[1] and after retiring from competitions worked as a weightlifting coach.

He prepared Valery Yurov to the 1990 World Championships.

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