Andrei Denisov (; born June 3, 1963) is an Israeli Olympic weightlifter. Denisov is Jewish. When he competed in the Olympics, he weighed . Denisov competed for Israel at the 1992 Summer Olympics at the age of 29 in

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, Spain, in Weightlifting—Men's Heavyweight (100 kg), and came in 6th, lifting 377.5 kg. He lifted in the snatch, and in the

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, coming short of a medal by .

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1963 births Living people Jewish Israeli sportspeople Jewish weightlifters Israeli male weightlifters Weightlifters at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic weightlifters for Israel 20th-century Israeli sportsmen {{Israel-weightlifting-bio-stub