Leonid Zhabotinsky

Leonid Ivanovych Zhabotynsky (; 28 January 1938 – 14 January 2016) was a Soviet weightlifter. He set 19 world records in the super heavyweight class. He won gold medals at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics.

Zhabotinsky was born in a village in Uspenka, Sumy Oblast, Ukrainian SSR. He was born a Cossack family. He was married and had two sons. He became a Russian citizen after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

Zhabotinsky died after a long illness on 14 January 2016 in Zaporizhia. He was 77.

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Category:Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Category:Ukrainian sportspeople
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Category:Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
Category:Soviet weightlifters
Category:People from Sumy Oblast