Anatoly Pisarenko

Anatoly Pisarenko
Personal information
Nationality Soviet Union
BornAnatoly Grigor'evich Pisarenko
(1958-01-10) 10 January 1958
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 place1981 Lille+110 kg
Gold medal – first place1982 Ljubljana+110 kg
Gold medal – first place1983 Moscow+110 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place1981 Lille+110 kg
Gold medal – first place1982 Ljubljana+110 kg
Gold medal – first place1983 Moscow+110 kg
Gold medal – first place1984 Vittorio+110 kg

Anatoly Grigor'evich Pisarenko (Russian: Анатолий Григорьевич Писаренко, Ukrainian: Анатолій Григорович Писаренко, Anatoliy Hryhorovych Pysarenko; born January 10, 1958) is a former Soviet Olympic weightlifter from Ukraine. Along with Aleksandr Kurlovich, he became better known in 1985 due to the international scandal when both of them were caught by the Canadian customs in possession of steroids.[1]

He was born in Kyiv, where he trained at the local 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.[2] After Pisarenko was caught with Aleksandr Kurlovich, he was given a lifetime ban by the Soviet Weightlifting Federation.[1] None of the Soviet people were allowed to travel freely on their own, only on the government (official) arrangements.

After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Anatoliy Pysarenko was the chairman of the Ukrainian Federation of Powerlifting from 1994 to 2012. From 2002 to 2005, he was elected as the People's Deputy of Ukraine (affiliated). In the Verkhovna Rada, he became a member of the Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united) parliamentary faction.

Major results

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
World Championships
1981[a]France Lille, France+110 kg187.51st place, gold medalist(s)237.51st place, gold medalist(s)4251st place, gold medalist(s)
1982[a]Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ljubljana, SFR Yugoslavia+110 kg197.52nd place, silver medalist(s)247.51st place, gold medalist(s)4451st place, gold medalist(s)
1983[a]Soviet Union Moscow, Soviet Union+110 kg2051st place, gold medalist(s)2451st place, gold medalist(s)4501st place, gold medalist(s)
European Championships
1984Spain Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain+110 kg2001st place, gold medalist(s)2501st place, gold medalist(s)4501st place, gold medalist(s)
  • a This tournament was counted as European Weightlifting Championships of the corresponding year.

World records by Anatoly Pisarenko

He set thirteen World records in career.[3]

Year Lift type Result Weight class Location
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

References

  1. 1 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.
  2. ↑ PISARENKO | Weightlifting's Most Iconic Athlete, retrieved 2023-03-28
  3. ↑ "Anatoly Pisarenko". Lift Up.
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