Aleksandr Nikiforovich Voronin (, May 23, 1951 – September 26, 1992) was a Russian weightlifter and Olympic champion who competed for the Soviet Union. He was born in Chelyabinsk. Voronin won a gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. References External links 1951 births 1992 deaths Russian male weightlifters Soviet male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters of the Soviet Union Weightlifters at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR Olympic medalists in weightlifting Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Deaths from falls 20th-century Russian people