Sergii Putsov (born 1982) is a Ukrainian sports coach and athlete.[1][2] He is the head coach at the Discipline Club and the head of Sport Science at Torokhtiy weightlifting team.[3][4]
As an athlete, Putsov represented the national team in the 94 kg weight class and won multiple medals in national competitions.[4]
From 2004 to 2011, Sergii served under a contract in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, competed as a weightlifter for the Central Sports Club of
the Army and trained under the leadership of Honored Coach of the USSR
Yukhim Eisenstadt.[6][8] After the military service, he started his coach career and worked with multiple notable athletes, including Oleksiy Torokhtiy[9] and Oleksandr Usyk.[10][6]
From 2015 to 2019, Putsov and Sergii Konuyshok co-founded and organized the Lviv Fitness Weekend, a prominent fitness convention in Ukraine.[11]
In 2019, Putsov collaborated with Oleksiy Torokhtiy to develop the Matrix system for training which simplified the understanding of complex movements.[12]
In 2020, Putsov worked as a commentator for the Rio Olympics, focusing on weightlifting.[13]
In 2022, Putsov appeared in an episode of HBO's documentary series "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel."[14]
Currently, Putsov is the fitness director of the Discipline Club, and the senior coach of the Warm Body Cold Mind team and Torokhtiy weightlifting team.[9][15]
Selected publications
Spatiotemporal characteristics in the structure of jerk motion at female weightlifters according to anthropometric indexes.Antonyuk O.V.; Putsov S.O.; Kononets B.V.[16][17]
Biodynamics of the Technique of Barbell Jerk in Weightlifters of Different Sexes Oleshko V. G., Korobeynikov G. V., Shynkaruk O. A., Putsov S. O.[18]
Fundamentals of construction of training process female athletes in weightlifting different bunches of weight classes. Oleshko V.G.; Putsov S.O.[19]
Alexei Butovsky. At the sources of the Olympic Movement. Putsov S. O.[20]
Competitive activity of weightlifters at the xxxii olympic games 2020 in tokyo: results and prospect. Yang, Tаngxun; Oleshko V.G.; Torokhtiy O.P.; Putsov S. O.[21]
