Denys Hotfrid | |
Full Name: | Denys Rudolfovych Hotfrid |
Birth Place: | Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russian SSR, Soviet Union |
Height: | 1.71 m |
Weight: | 104 kg |
Spouse: | Anastasiia Hotfrid |
Country: | Ukraine |
Sport: | Weightlifting |
Weight Class: | 99 kg 105 kg |
Show-Medals: | no |
Denys Rudolfovych Hotfrid (uk|Денис Рудольфович Готфрід, also transliterated Gotfrid, born 5 February 1975 in Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast) is a retired male weightlifter from Ukraine. He twice competed for his native country at the Summer Olympics: 1996 and 2000.[1] Hotfrid is best known for winning a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the - 99 kg division, and setting a world record in clean & jerk (235 kg) on 1999-11-28 at the 1999 World Weightlifting Championships.