Anatoly Khrapaty Explained

Anatoly Krapaty
Nickname:"Siberian Tiger"
Birth Date:20 October 1962
Birth Place:Atbasar District, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Death Date:11 August 2008 (aged 45)
Death Place:Arshaly, Kazakhstan
Height:171 cm
Weight:89-103 kg
Sport:Weightlifting
Club:Armed Forces Tselinograd
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Anatoly Mikhaylovich Khrapaty (also Chrapaty, Russian: Анатолий Михайлович Храпатый; 20 October 1962 – 11 August 2008) was a heavyweight weightlifter, Olympic Champion,[1] and five time World Champion who competed for the Soviet Union and Kazakhstan. Between 1984 and 1996 he won a gold and a silver Olympic medal, as well as five worlds and five European titles. He also set five world records: one in the snatch, three in the clean and jerk and one in the total.

Khrapaty retired after the 2000 Olympic Games to become a Kazakhstan national coach. He died at age 45, a few days before his flight to the 2008 Summer Olympics, when his motorcycle was hit by an oncoming vehicle.[2]

Major results

YearVenueWeightSnatch (kg)Clean & Jerk (kg)TotalRank
width=65 1width=65 2width=65 3width=45 Rankwidth=65 1width=65 2width=65 3width=45 Rank
Olympic Games
align=left 180.0 185.0 187.5 1 225.0 237.5 237.5 1 412.5
align=left 177.5 182.5 187.5 2 217.5 222.5 227.5 2 410.0
align=left 177.5 177.5 177.5
World Championships
align=left 90 kg 177.5 217.5 395.0
align=left 90 kg 185.0 227.5 412.5
90 kg 185.0 232.5 417.5
align=left 90 kg 177.5 182.5 185.0 225.0 230.0 230.0 415.0
align=left 90 kg 172.5 177.5 180.0 212.5 217.5 225.0 397.5
align=left 91 kg 175.0 180.0 180.0 215.0 220.0 222.5 395.0
align=left 99 kg 175.0 182.5 185.0 215.0 5 400.0
175.0 180.0 185.0 11 210.0 220.0 220.0 9 400.0 10
European Championships
82.5 kg 175.0 215.0 390.0
82.5 kg 170.0 210.0 380.0
90 kg 180.0 230.0 410.0
90 kg 185.0 230.0 415.0
90 kg 185.0 235.0 WR 420.0
90 kg 185.0 230.0 415.0
90 kg 182.5 220.0 402.5

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Olympic Profile. Olympic.org. 19 March 2019.
  2. Web site: Tragic death of Olympic Champion Anatoly KHRAPATY. IWF.net. 11 August 2008 . 19 March 2019.