{{short description|Soviet weightlifter}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Petro Korol | fullname = | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date |1941|1|2|df=y}} | birth_place = Lviv | death_date = {{Death date and age |2015|7|2|1941|2|2|df=y}} | death_place = | residence = | nationality = Ukrainian | spouse = | sport = Weightlifting | event = | club = | worlds = | nationals = | headercolor = | show-medals = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's weightlifting}} {{MedalCountry|the {{URS}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalGold|1976 Montreal|-67.5 kg}} }} '''Petro Kindratovych Korol''' ({{langx|uk|Петро Король}}, 2 January 1941 – 2 July 2015) was a Ukrainian weightlifter and Olympic champion who competed for the Soviet Union.<ref>[https://archive.today/20150702171716/http://www.lviv.tv/news/lvivshhina/pishov-iz-zhittya-slavetnij-lvivskij-vazhkoatlet-petro-korol/ Пішов із життя славетний львівський важкоатлет Петро Король] {{in lang|uk}}</ref>
Born in Lviv, he won a gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.<ref name=db-ol1976-weightlifting>[http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=19&sp=WEI "1976 Summer Olympics - Montreal, Canada - Weightlifting"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080917043647/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=19&sp=WEI |date=2008-09-17 }} - ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on February 23, 2008)</ref> Korol was a member of the Dynamo sports society.
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==External links== * Sadovnyk, O. ''[https://archive.today/20130729131944/http://archive.wz.lviv.ua/articles/102189 Petro Korol: After my disqualification, the head of Dynamo regional council wanted to send me... for guard duty in labor camp]''. "Vysokyi Zamok". January 5, 2012. *{{Sports links}}
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