Aleksey Petrov

Aleksei Aleksandrovich Petrov (; born 8 September 1974) is a retired Russian weightlifter. He had his peak performance in 1994, when he won the European and world titles and set four world records: one in the snatch, two in the clean and jerk, and one in the total. In 1996, he won gold in the class at the 1996 Olympics and set his second world record in the snatch. At the 2000 Olympics he finished third in the class. His last international success was a European gold achieved in 2002.

Petrov graduated from the Volgograd Academy of Physical Education. His weightlifting idol was David Rigert, and his first coaches were his father and elder brother. In 2004 he got engaged, had a daughter born the following year and officially retired from competition in 2006.