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Full name | Maxim Agapitov | |||||||||||
Born | [1] Tryokhgorny, Russia [2] | 13 May 1970
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Alma mater |
Moscow Academy of Physical Culture (2000) Moscow Power Engineering Institute (1993) [1] [2] | |||||||||||
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Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||
Team | National team | |||||||||||
Retired | 2000 [1] | |||||||||||
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Maxim Oktyabrinovich Agapitov (Russian: Максим Октябринович Агапитов; born 13 May 1970) is a retired Russian weightlifter. He competed internationally between 1992 and 2000 and held the national title in 1993 and 1997 and the world title in 1997. [3] After that he worked as a national coach (2003–2008) and weightlifting official. [1] He took up weightlifting aged 10, following his father, who was a weightlifting coach. [2]
Agapitov is an executive member of the International Weightlifting Federation, vice-president of the European Weightlifting Federation [4] and president of the Russian Weightlifting Federation. [1]
In March 2022, Agapitov posted a clip from a Moscow rally at which Vladimir Putin lauded the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. [5]