Sergii Putsov

Sergii Putsov (born 1982) is a Ukrainian sports coach and athlete. He is the head coach at the Discipline Club and the head of Sport Science at Torokhtiy weightlifting team.

As an athlete, Putsov represented the national team in the 94 kg weight class and won multiple medals in national competitions. He is also certified in strength sports coaching and physical education instruction. He also completed post graduated course at the International Olympic Academy in Greece. After the military service, he started his coach career and worked with multiple notable athletes, including Oleksiy Torokhtiy and Oleksandr Usyk.

In 2019, Putsov collaborated with Oleksiy Torokhtiy to develop the Matrix system for training which simplified the understanding of complex movements.

In 2020, Putsov worked as a commentator for the Rio Olympics, focusing on weightlifting.

In 2022, Putsov appeared in an episode of HBO's documentary series "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel."

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.

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. Biodynamics of the Technique of Barbell Jerk in Weightlifters of Different Sexes Oleshko V. G., Korobeynikov G. V., Shynkaruk O. A., Putsov S. O. Fundamentals of construction of training process female athletes in weightlifting different bunches of weight classes. Oleshko V.G.; Putsov S.O. Alexei Butovsky. At the sources of the Olympic Movement. Putsov S. O. 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.