Stanislav Batishchev Explained

Birth Date:1940
Death Date:22 May 2011 (aged 70)
Death Place:Donetsk, Ukraine
Sport:Weightlifting
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Stanislav Mikhailovich Batishchev (Russian: Станислав Михайлович Батищев, 1940 – 22 May 2011) was a Soviet heavyweight weightlifter. Between 1966 and 1973 he won four European silver medals and three bronze medals at world championships. In 1970 he set a world record in the press. His career was hindered by severe competition within the Soviet Union, primarily with Vasily Alekseyev and Leonid Zhabotinsky.