Anatoly Grigor'evich Pisarenko (Ukrainian: Анатолій Григорович Писаренко, Russian: Анатолий Григорьевич Писаренко; born January 10, 1958) is a former Olympic weightlifter for the USSR. He was born in Kyiv, where he trained at Dynamo.

Anatoly Pisarenko
Personal information
Birth nameAnatoly Grigor'evich Pisarenko
Nationality Soviet Union
Born (1958-01-10) 10 January 1958 (age 66)
Kyiv, Soviet Union
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight120 kg (265 lb)
Sport
CountrySoviet Union
SportWeightlifting
Event+110 kg
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • Snatch: 206 kg (1983),
  • Clean and jerk: 265 kg (1984),
  • Total: 465 kg (1984)
Medal record
Representing the  Soviet Union
Men's weightlifting
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1981 Lille +110 kg
Gold medal – first place 1982 Ljubljana +110 kg
Gold medal – first place 1983 Moscow +110 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1981 Lille +110 kg
Gold medal – first place 1982 Ljubljana +110 kg
Gold medal – first place 1983 Moscow +110 kg
Gold medal – first place 1984 Vittorio +110 kg

Pisarenko held multiple world records in the snatch and clean and jerk, and was named weightlifting's "most iconic athlete" by Weightlifting House in 2023.[1] After Pisarenko was caught with Aleksandr Kurlovich in possession of steroids by the Canadian customs in 1985, he was given a lifetime ban by the Soviet Weightlifting Federation.[2]

Major results

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Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
World Championships
1981[a]   Lille, France +110 kg 187.5   237.5   425  
1982[a]   Ljubljana, SFR Yugoslavia +110 kg 197.5   247.5   445  
1983[a]   Moscow, Soviet Union +110 kg 205   245   450  
European Championships
1984   Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain +110 kg 200   250   450  
  • a This tournament was counted as European Weightlifting Championships of the corresponding year.

World records by Anatoly Pisarenko

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He set thirteen World records in career.[3]

Year Lift type Result Weight class Location
1981 Snatch 201.5 kg Super heavyweight Podolsk
1981 Total (2) 447.5 kg Super heavyweight Podolsk
1982 Snatch 202.5 kg Super heavyweight Dnipropetrovsk
1982 Clean and jerk 258.0 kg Super heavyweight Frunze
1982 Clean and jerk 258.5 kg Super heavyweight Dnipropetrovsk
1982 Total (2) 450.0 kg Super heavyweight Frunze
1982 Total (2) 455.0 kg Super heavyweight Frunze
1982 Total (2) 457.5 kg Super heavyweight Dnipropetrovsk
1983 Snatch 203.0 kg Super heavyweight Odessa
1983 Snatch 205.0 kg Super heavyweight Moscow
1983 Snatch 206.0 kg Super heavyweight Moscow
1983 Clean and jerk 260.5 kg Super heavyweight Allentown
1984 Clean and jerk 265.0 kg Super heavyweight Varna

References

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  1. ^ PISARENKO | Weightlifting's Most Iconic Athlete, retrieved 2023-03-28
  2. ^ Wilson, Wayne; Derse, Edward, eds. (2001). Doping in Elite Sport: The Politics of Drugs in the Olympic Movement. Human Kinetics. p. 83. ISBN 0-7360-0329-0.
  3. ^ "Anatoly Pisarenko". Lift Up.