Leonid Taranenko

Leonid Taranenko
Taranenko at 1980 Moscow Olympics
Personal information
Born (1956-06-13) June 13, 1956 (age 68)
Malaryta, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1980 Moscow 110 kg
World Weightlifting Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1979 Saloniki 110 kg
Gold medal – first place 1980 Moscow 110 kg
Silver medal – second place 1987 Ostrava +110 kg
Gold medal – first place 1990 Budapest +110 kg
European Weightlifting Championships
Gold medal – first place 1980 Beograd 110 kg
Silver medal – second place 1985 Katowice +110 kg
Silver medal – second place 1986 Karl-Marx-Stadt +110 kg
Gold medal – first place 1988 Cardiff +110 kg
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Aalborg +110 kg
Gold medal – first place 1991 Wladyslawowo +110 kg
USSR Weightlifting Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1977 Ratov Na Donu 110 kg
Gold medal – first place 1979 Leningrad 110 kg
Gold medal – first place 1983 Moscow 110 kg
Gold medal – first place 1987 Arkhangelsk +110 kg
Bronze medal – third place 1989 Frunze +110 kg
Summer Spartakiad of the Soviet Union
Gold medal – first place 1979 Leningrad 110 kg
Gold medal – first place 1983 Moscow 110 kg
Cup of the Soviet Union
Gold medal – first place 1981 Donetsk 110 kg
Gold medal – first place 1982 Moscow 110 kg
Gold medal – first place 1986 Lipetsk +110 kg
Representing the  Unified Team
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1992 Barcelona +110 kg
Representing  Belarus
European Weightlifting Championships
Gold medal – first place 1996 Stavanger +108 kg

Leonid Arkadevich Taranenko (Russian: Леонид Аркадьевич Тараненко, 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, until Lasha Talakhadze exceeded it, lifting 267 at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships.

  1. ^ "IWRP Profile". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-10-30.