Name Leonid Taranenko | Height 1.83 m | |
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Born June 13, 1956 (age 67) ( 1956-06-13 ) Malaryta, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union Olympic medals Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics - Men's Heavyweight 100-110 kg People also search for Aleksandr Kurlovich, Manfred Nerlinger, Gy Szalai, Valentin Christov | ||
Leonid taranenko world record 266kg clean and jerk wmv
Leonid Arkadevich Taranenko (Russian: Леонид Аркадьевич Тараненко, born June 13, 1956) is a former Soviet/Belarusian weightlifter. His 266 kg clean and jerk in 1988 is still the largest amount ever lifted in competition, though no longer an official world record due to restructuring of weight classes.
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- Leonid taranenko world record 266kg clean and jerk wmv
- Documentary on the greatest weightlifter that has ever existed leonid taranenko
- Weightlifting career
- Career bests
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Documentary on the greatest weightlifter that has ever existed leonid taranenko
Weightlifting career
Taranenko trained at VSS Uradzhai in Minsk. His first major success took place at the 1980 Olympics, when, competing for the Soviet Union, he won the gold medal in the 110 kilogram class with a 422.5 kg total. He was unable to compete in the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles due to the Soviet boycott. However, competing in the 1984 Friendship Games, Taranenko won the 110 kg class with a world record total of 442.5 kg, exceeding the winning total in Los Angeles (by Norberto Oberburger) by 52.5 kg.
After this, Taranenko moved up to the super-heavyweight class. Lifting in Canberra, Australia on November 26, 1988, he set a world record of 266.0 kg in the clean and jerk, and 476.0 kg in the total, when combined with his 210.0 kg snatch. Due to the restructuring of the competitive weight classes that took place in 1993 and 1998, these lifts are no longer recognized as the official world records. However, these remain the highest figures ever posted in competition.
In 1992, Taranenko represented the Unified Team at the Olympics in Barcelona. He took the silver medal in the super-heavyweight class with a total of 425.0 kg.
Taranenko's other victories include the 110 kg class titles at the 1980 World and European championships, and super-heavyweight titles at the 1990 World championship and 1988, 1991, and 1996 European championships.
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