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Medal record
Competitor for Flag of Australia Australia
Men's weightlifting
Olympic Games
Gold 1984 Los Angeles Super heavyweight
Commonwealth Games
Gold 1982 Brisbane Super heavyweight
Gold 1986 Edinburgh Super heavyweight

Dinko "Dean" Lukin OAM (born May 26, 1960 in Port Lincoln, South Australia) is a retired weightlifter from Australia, who won the gold medal in the Super Heavyweight category at the 1984 Summer Olympics. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Weightlifting has been contested at every Summer Olympic Games since the 1920 Summer Olympics, as well as The Olympic Games is an international Multi-sport event established for both summer and winter games The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, The Weightlifting competition at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles consisted of ten weight classes all for men only The Commonwealth Games is a multinational Multi-sport event. Held every four years it involves the elite athletes of the Commonwealth of Nations. The 1982 Commonwealth Games were held in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia from 30 September&mdash9 October 1982 The 1986 Commonwealth Games were held in Edinburgh, Scotland for the second time Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia on 14 February 1975 "for the purpose of according recognition Events 451 - The Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sassanid Empire takes place Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Port Lincoln (postcode 5606 is a city in the Australian state of South Australia. South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country Weightlifting, also called Olympic weightlifting or Olympic-style weightlifting, is a sport in which participants attempt a maximum weight single lift of a barbell For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, He carried the Australian flag during the closing ceremony of the 1984 games, and remains Australia's only winner of an Olympic gold medal for weightlifting. He also saw success in the Commonwealth Games, winning gold medals in the super heavyweight division of the 1982 Brisbane games and the 1986 Edinburgh games. The Commonwealth Games is a multinational Multi-sport event. Held every four years it involves the elite athletes of the Commonwealth of Nations. The 1982 Commonwealth Games were held in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia from 30 September&mdash9 October 1982 The 1986 Commonwealth Games were held in Edinburgh, Scotland for the second time

Lukin was a tuna fisherman who shot to fame as a weightlifter in the 1980s, then returned to run the family fishery business. Tuna, are several Species of ocean-dwelling Fish in the family Scombridae, mostly in the genus Thunnus. In 2000, a portrait of him was hung in the Archibald Prize called Strongest Man of the Games, painted by David Bromley. The Archibald Prize is regarded as the most important Portraiture prize and is the most prominent of all arts prizes in Australia.

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