Petro Korol

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Petro Korol
Personal information
NationalityUkrainian
Born(1941-01-02)2 January 1941
Lviv
Died2 July 2015(2015-07-02) (aged 74)
Sport
SportWeightlifting
Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1976 Montreal -67.5 kg

Petro Kindratovych Korol (Ukrainian: Петро Король, 2 January 1941 – 2 July 2015) was a Ukrainian weightlifter and Olympic champion who competed for the Soviet Union.[1]

Born in Lviv, he won a gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.[2] Korol was a member of the Dynamo sports society.

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