Anatoly Mikhaylovich Khrapaty (also Chrapaty, ; 20 October 1962 – 11 August 2008) was a heavyweight weightlifter, Olympic Champion, and five time World Champion who competed for the

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and

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. Between 1984 and 1996 he won a gold and a silver Olympic medal, as well as five worlds and five European titles. He also set five world records: one in the snatch, three in the

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and one in the total. Khrapaty retired after the 2000 Olympic Games to become a Kazakhstan national coach. He died at age 45, a few days before his flight to the

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, when his motorcycle was hit by an oncoming vehicle.

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1962 births 2008 deaths Soviet male weightlifters Kazakhstani male weightlifters Kazakhstani people of Russian descent Weightlifters at the 1988 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 1996 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic weightlifters for the Soviet Union Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic weightlifters for Kazakhstan Olympic silver medalists for Kazakhstan Road incident deaths in Kazakhstan Motorcycle road incident deaths Olympic medalists in weightlifting Asian Games medalists in weightlifting Weightlifters at the 1994 Asian Games Weightlifters at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Asian Games silver medalists for Kazakhstan Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games European Weightlifting Championships medalists World Weightlifting Championships medalists Sportspeople from Akmola Region {{USSR-Olympic-medalist-stub