Anatoly Khrapaty, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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weightlifter
Date of Birth: 20-Oct-1962
Place of Birth: Atbasar District, Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, Kazakhstan
Date of Death: 11-Aug-2008
Profession: weightlifter
Nationality: Kazakhstan
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Anatoly Khrapaty
- Anatoly Mikhaylovich Khrapaty (also Chrapaty, Russian: ???????? ?????????? ????????; 20 October 1962 – 11 August 2008) was a heavyweight weightlifter, Olympic Champion, and five time World Champion who competed for the Soviet Union and Kazakhstan.
- 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 clean and jerk and one in the total.Khrapaty retired after the 2000 Olympic Games to become a Kazakhstani national coach.
- He died at age 45, a few days before his flight to the 2008 Summer Olympics, when his motorcycle was hit by an oncoming vehicle.
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