Nikolai Nikolaevich Saksonov was a Russian

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 weightlifter, world champion and Olympic medalist, who competed for the Soviet Union

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He received a silver medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics

1952 Summer Olympics

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 in Helsinki

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, and won a gold medal at the 1953 World Championships in Stockholm

Stockholm

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in the featherweight class.

After retiring from professional sport, Saksonov headed the Department of Athletics of the State Central Institute of Physical Culture.