Anatoly Pisarenko Explained

Anatoly Pisarenko
Birth Name:Anatoly Grigor'evich Pisarenko
Birth Date:10 January 1958
Birth Place:Kyiv, Soviet Union
Height:1.85 m
Weight:120 kg
Country:Soviet Union
Sport:Weightlifting
Event:+110 kg

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.

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. 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.[1]

Major results

YearVenueWeightSnatch (kg)Clean & Jerk (kg)TotalRank
width=401width=402width=403width=40Rankwidth=401width=402width=403width=40Rank
World Championships
+110 kg 187.5237.5425
+110 kg 197.5247.5445
+110 kg 205245450
European Championships
+110 kg 200250450

World records by Anatoly Pisarenko

He set thirteen World records in career.[2]

width=40Yearwidth=100Lift typewidth=75Resultwidth=140Weight classwidth=120Location
1981Snatch201.5 kgSuper heavyweightPodolsk
1981Total (2)447.5 kgSuper heavyweightPodolsk
1982Snatch202.5 kgSuper heavyweightDnipropetrovsk
1982Clean and jerk258.0 kgSuper heavyweightFrunze
1982Clean and jerk258.5 kgSuper heavyweightDnipropetrovsk
1982Total (2)450.0 kgSuper heavyweightFrunze
1982Total (2)455.0 kgSuper heavyweightFrunze
1982Total (2)457.5 kgSuper heavyweightDnipropetrovsk
1983Snatch203.0 kgSuper heavyweightOdessa
1983Snatch205.0 kgSuper heavyweightMoscow
1983Snatch206.0 kgSuper heavyweightMoscow
1983Clean and jerk260.5 kgSuper heavyweightAllentown
1984Clean and jerk265.0 kgSuper heavyweightVarna

Notes and References

  1. Book: Doping in Elite Sport: The Politics of Drugs in the Olympic Movement. Wilson. Wayne. Derse. Edward. 83. 2001. Human Kinetics. 0-7360-0329-0.
  2. Web site: Anatoly Pisarenko . Lift Up.