Artefacts

Tokyo 1964, note-pad that belonged to Leonid ZHABOTINSKY (URS).

Physical description

Small bloc with the program of the Games, the competition venues, the possibility to record the medals by event and some blank pages. Annotated by the athlete.

Created

Created: Pilot Pen Co., Ltd.

Used

Used: Leonid Ivanovych ZHABOTINSKY

Materials

plastic, paper

Colors

white, red

Dimension

7.5 x 11.2 cm, 25 g

Type of item

Archives and Documents -> pad

Reference number

236996

Keywords

Olympic programme, program Olympic champion Tokyo 1964, Olympic Games USSR (1922-1989)Weightlifting/+ 90kg, total (heavyweight)[M]emblem Olympic site

Notes

Tokyo 1964 – winner’s medal, competitor’s badge, notebook and pennant belonging to Leonid ZHABOTINSKY (URS), Olympic weightlifting champion. Leonid Zhabotinsky was a Ukrainian weightlifter who competed for the Soviet Union. He was a double Olympic champion in the +90kg category. At Tokyo 1964, his victory saw him break the Olympic record and, over the course of his career, he set 19 world records. The content of his notebook reveals his interest in sport in general, as he had been noting down the results in the athletics, water polo, weightlifting, wrestling, judo, boxing, volleyball, basketball, football, hockey and modern pentathlon competitions. Purchased at auction