Leonid Taranenko

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Leonid Taranenko
Taranenko (center) at Moscow Olympics, 1980
Personal information
Born (1956-06-13) June 13, 1956 (age 67)
Malaryta, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
Medal record
Men's Weightlifting
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1980 Moscow 110 kg
World Weightlifting Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1979 Saloniki 110 kg
Gold medal – first place 1980 Moscow 110 kg
Silver medal – second place 1987 Ostrava +110 kg
Gold medal – first place 1990 Budapest +110 kg
European Weightlifting Championships
Gold medal – first place 1980 Beograd 110 kg
Silver medal – second place 1985 Katowice +110 kg
Silver medal – second place 1986 Karl-Marx-Stadt +110 kg
Gold medal – first place 1988 Cardiff +110 kg
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Aalborg +110 kg
Gold medal – first place 1991 Wladyslawowo +110 kg
USSR Weightlifting Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1977 Ratov Na Donu 110 kg
Gold medal – first place 1979 Leningrad 110 kg
Gold medal – first place 1983 Moscow 110 kg
Gold medal – first place 1987 Arkhangelsk +110 kg
Bronze medal – third place 1989 Frunze +110 kg
Summer Spartakiad of the Soviet Union
Gold medal – first place 1979 Leningrad 110 kg
Gold medal – first place 1983 Moscow 110 kg
Cup of the Soviet Union
Gold medal – first place 1981 Donetsk 110 kg Snatch
Gold medal – first place 1981 Donetsk 110 kg Total
Gold medal – first place 1982 Moscow 110 kg Snatch
Gold medal – first place 1982 Moscow 110 kg Clean and Jerk
Gold medal – first place 1982 Moscow 110 kg Total
Gold medal – first place 1986 Lipetsk +110 kg Snatch
Gold medal – first place 1986 Lipetsk +110 kg Clean and Jerk
Gold medal – first place 1986 Lipetsk +110 kg Total
Representing the  Unified Team
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1992 Barcelona +110 kg
Representing  Belarus
European Weightlifting Championships
Gold medal – first place 1996 Stavanger +110 kg

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.

Weightlifting career

Taranenko in 1986.

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, but as of 2018, the 266kg clean and jerk remains the highest ever achieved in competition, and the total of 476kg remained the highest ever achieved until broken by Lasha Talakhadze at the 2017 World Championships.

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.

Career bests

  • Snatch: 210.0 kg in the class over 110 kg
  • Clean and jerk: 266.0 kg (the largest amount ever lifted in competition, but no longer an official world record due to restructuring of weight classes)
  • Total: 442.5 kg (200.0 + 242.5) 1984 in Varna in the class to 110 kg
  • Total: 476.0 kg (210.0 + 266.0),[1] in Canberra, Australia on November 26, 1988, in the class over 110 kg.
  • Back Squat: 380 kg with a two-second pause at rock-bottom
  • Front Squat: 300 kg for a triple
  • Olympic Press: 230 kg

[2] [3]

Major result

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
1980 Soviet Union Moscow, Soviet Union 110 kg 182.5 182.5 190 2 220 235 240 1 422.5 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1992 Spain Barcelona, Spain +110 kg 187.5 187.5 -- 2 232.5 237.5 242.5 2 425 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1996 United States Atlanta, United States +108 kg -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
World Championships
1979 Greece Thessaloniki, Greece 110 kg 182.5 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 220 5 402.5 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
1980 Soviet Union Moscow, Soviet Union 110 kg 182.5 182.5 190 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 220 235 240 1st place, gold medalist(s) 422.5 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1985 Sweden Södertälje, Sweden +110 kg 185 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 232.5 5 417.5 4
1986 Bulgaria Sofia, Bulgaria +110 kg 200 2nd place, silver medalist(s) -- -- --
1987 Czechoslovakia Ostrava, Czechoslovakia +110 kg 202.5 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 265 1st place, gold medalist(s) 467.5 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1990 Hungary Budapest, Hungary +110 kg 195 1st place, gold medalist(s) 255 1st place, gold medalist(s) 450 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1993 Australia Melbourne, Australia +110 kg 185 190 195 4 232.5 242.5 -- 5 422.5 4
European Championships
1980 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Belgrade, Yugoslavia 110 kg 190 1st place, gold medalist(s) 230 1st place, gold medalist(s) 420 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1985 Poland Katowice, Poland +110 kg 185 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 230 1st place, gold medalist(s) 415 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1986 East Germany Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany +110 kg 195 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 242.5 1st place, gold medalist(s) 437.5 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1988 United Kingdom Cardiff, United Kingdom +110 kg 207.5 1st place, gold medalist(s) 255 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 462.5 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1990 Denmark Ålborg, Denmark +110 kg 205 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 247.5 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 452.5 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
1991 Poland Władysławowo, Poland +110 kg 200 1st place, gold medalist(s) 247.5 1st place, gold medalist(s) 447.5 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1996 Norway Stavanger, Norway +108 kg 180 180 182.5 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 220 227.5 232.5 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 415 1st place, gold medalist(s)
USSR Weightlifting Championships
Summer Spartakiad of the Soviet Union
Cup of the Soviet Union

Notes and references

  1. ^ Taranenko lifted 476.0 kg in the total, but for the competition results, the weight was normalized to the standard interval of 2.5 kg.
  2. ^ "Leonid Taranenko". Lift Up. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
  3. ^ "Leonid Taranenko Interview".

External links

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