Leonid Taranenko

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Leonid Arkadevich Taranenko (Template:Langx, born June 13, 1956) is a former Soviet/Belarusian weightlifter and coach.[1] His 266 kg clean and jerk in 1988 was the heaviest lift in competition for 33 years,[2] until Lasha Talakhadze exceeded it, lifting 267 at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships.

Weightlifting career

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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.[3]

He was unable to compete in the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles due to the Soviet boycott, but competed in the 1984 Friendship Games, where he 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 kg in the clean and jerk, and 476 kg in the total, having lifted 210 kg in the snatch.

While these results are no longer recognized as official world records due to subsequent restructuring of the competitive weight classes (in 1993, 1998 and 2018), as of 2019, his 266 kg clean and jerk remained the highest ever achieved in competition till broken December 2021 by Lasha Talakhadze’s 267 kg, while his total of 476 kg remained the highest ever achieved until broken by Lasha Talakhadze of Georgia at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships while also setting the new clean and jerk record of 264 kg for the restructured weight classes. He achieved this by breaking Hossein Rezazadeh's world record from 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens for 263.5 kg.

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 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.

Taranenko has served as a coach for female weightlifters in India.

In 2017, Taranenko admitted having used performance-enhancing drugs.[4]

Career bests

  • Snatch: 210 kg in the class over 110 kg
  • Clean and jerk: 266 kg (No longer an official world record due to restructuring of weight classes)
  • Total: 442.5 kg (200 + 242.5) 1984 at the Friendship Games in Varna, Bulgaria, 110 kg class
  • Total: 476 kg (210 + 266), at Canberra, Australia on November 26, 1988, 110+ kg class.
  • Back Squat: 380 kg with a two-second pause at the bottom
  • Front Squat: 300 kg for three reps
  • Olympic Press: 230 kg

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Major result

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
1980 Soviet UnionScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Moscow, Soviet Union 110 kg 182.5 182.5 190 2 220 235 240 1 422.5 Template:Gold1
1992 SpainScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Barcelona, Spain +110 kg 187.5 187.5 -- 2 232.5 237.5 242.5 2 425 Template:Silver2
1996 United StatesScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Atlanta, United States +108 kg -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
World Championships
1979 GreeceScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Thessaloniki, Greece 110 kg 175 182.5 Template:Silver2 220 5 402.5 Template:Bronze3
1980 Soviet UnionScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Moscow, Soviet Union 110 kg 182.5 182.5 190 Template:Silver2 220 235 240 Template:Gold1 422.5 Template:Gold1
1985 SwedenScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Södertälje, Sweden +110 kg 185 Template:Bronze3 232.5 5 417.5 4
1986 BulgariaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Sofia, Bulgaria +110 kg 200 Template:Silver2 -- -- --
1987 CzechoslovakiaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Ostrava, Czechoslovakia +110 kg 202.5 Template:Bronze3 245 257.5 265.5 Template:Gold1 467.5 Template:Silver2
1990 HungaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Budapest, Hungary +110 kg 195 Template:Gold1 255 Template:Gold1 450 Template:Gold1
1993 AustraliaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Melbourne, Australia +108 kg 185 190 195 4 232.5 242.5 -- 5 422.5 4
European Championships
1980 Template:Flagicon Belgrade, Yugoslavia 110 kg 190 Template:Gold1 230 Template:Gold1 420 Template:Gold1
1985 Template:Flagicon Katowice, Poland +110 kg 185 Template:Silver2 230 Template:Gold1 415 Template:Silver2
1986 Template:Flagicon Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany +110 kg 195 Template:Silver2 242.5 Template:Gold1 437.5 Template:Silver2
1988 Template:Flagicon Cardiff, United Kingdom +110 kg 207.5 Template:Gold1 255 Template:Silver2 462.5 Template:Gold1
1990 Template:Flagicon Ålborg, Denmark +110 kg 205 Template:Silver2 247.5 Template:Bronze3 452.5 Template:Bronze3
1991 Template:Flagicon Władysławowo, Poland +110 kg 200 Template:Gold1 247.5 Template:Gold1 447.5 Template:Gold1
1996 Template:Flagicon Stavanger, Norway +108 kg 180 180 182.5 Template:Silver2 220 227.5 232.5 Template:Silver2 415 Template:Gold1
USSR Weightlifting Championships
Summer Spartakiad of the Soviet Union
Cup of the Soviet Union

References

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