Boris Pavlov (weightlifter)
Boris Andreyevich Pavlov was a Russian weightlifter who won a world title in 1971. Next year he won a European title and competed at the 1972 Olympics, but failed to complete the press event. Between 1969 and 1972 Pavlov set six ratified world records.
Pavlov spent his last 20 years in Furmanov, where a memorial weightlifting tournament is held in his honor after his death.
