Spouse(s) Oxana Koklyaeva Weight 350 lb (160 kg) | Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Other names "Misha" Name Mikhail Koklyaev | |
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Full Name Mikhail Viktorovich Koklyaev Occupation Strongman, Powerlifting, Olympic weightlifting |
Mikhail koklyaev exhibition in glasglow 09 08 2006
Mikhail Viktorovich Koklyaev (Russian: Михаи́л Ви́кторович Кокля́ев, born December 17, 1978) is a Russian National weightlifting champion, strongman competitor and powerlifter. Mikhail was born to a Russian father and a Tatar mother, and he is married with two children.
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- Mikhail koklyaev exhibition in glasglow 09 08 2006
- Russian strength seminar part 2 mikhail koklyaev
- Strongman
- Powerliftingweightlifting
- Exhibition Seminar lifts
- Weightlifting
- Powerlifting
- Combined lifting
- References

Russian strength seminar part 2 mikhail koklyaev
Strongman
Koklyaev has placed third place at the Arnold Strongman Classic in 2006, 2008 & 2013, as well as 2nd in 2009.
Mikhail finished on the podium at all 3 IFSA World Championships, finishing 3rd in 2005, 2nd in 2006 and 2nd in 2007.
Koklyaev came in second place (with Igor Pedan) at the IFSA Strongman World 2-Man Championship, in Vilnius, Lithuania in 2007.
Koklyaev finished 3rd at the 2010 World's Strongest Man contest, but failed to make the finals for the 2012 World's Strongest Man.
Koklyaev qualified for the 2013 World's Strongest Man finals, but had to withdraw due to an earlier injury after the first event.
Koklyaev is a 7-time Strongman Champions League grand prix winner, and finished 3rd overall for both the 2010 & 2012 SCL seasons.
Powerlifting/weightlifting
On December 20, 2008, Mikhail totalled 2,149 lbs at a raw powerlifting meet in Chelyabinsk, Russia with a 360 kg (790 lb) squat, 210 kg (460 lb) bench press, and a 405 kg (893 lb) deadlift.
Mikhail won the +125 kg class in the 2012 WPC Raw European Championships on April 26, 2012 with a 340 kg (750 lb) squat, 225 kg (496 lb) bench press, and a 400 kg (880 lb) deadlift.
On December 16, 2012, at the Chelyabinsk region championship, Mikhail had a raw squat of 360 kg (793 lbs), raw bench of 230 kg (507 lbs), and raw deadlift of 417.5 kg (920 lbs), making his raw total 1007.5 kg (2,221 lbs).
On Sunday March 8 at the 2009 Arnold Strongman Classic, Mikhail became only the second man in history to clean and jerk the famous 501 lb barbell used by Vasily Alekseyev in 1970.