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In 1958 and 1959 he finished second at the national championships and was included to the national team
In 1958 and 1959 he finished second at the national championships and was included to the national team
He also set 15 world records between 1958 and 1964: two in the press, four in the snatch, four in the clean and jerk, and five in the total. Kurynov started training in weightlifting in 1954 while studying at the Kazan Aviation Institute. Kurynov retired shortly after finishing third at the 1967 national championships, and then briefly worked as a weightlifting coach.
Earlier in 1963 he graduated from the Kazan Aviation Institute, and after 1971 worked as an engineer with the Kazan Research Institute of Computer Science.
He suddenly died of a kidney failure in 1973, aged 39. Since 1974 a memorial tournament is being held in Kazan in his honor.