Ukrainian super-heavyweight weightlifter Leonid Zhabotinsky, an idol of Arnold Schwarzenegger who won two Olympic gold medals and set multiple world records while competing for the Soviet Union, died Thursday at the age of 77. Zhabotinsky first won the title of "The World's Strongest Man" at the 1964 Games in Tokyo at the age of 26 before defending it in Mexico City in 1968. Know as "Big Zhabo", Zhabotinsky was impressively built, weighting 165 kilogrammes (365 pounds) and standing 1.89 meters (6 feet 2 inches) tall.
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