Vasily Alekseyev

Vasily Alekseyev
Alekseyev c. 1970
Personal information
Full nameVasily Ivanovich Alekseyev
NationalityRussian
Born(1942-01-07)7 January 1942
Pokrovo-Shishkino, Ryazan Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died25 November 2011(2011-11-25) (aged 69)
Badenhausen, Germany
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Weight160 kg (353 lb)[2]
Sport
CountrySoviet Union
SportOlympic weightlifting
Event+ 110 kg
ClubTrud Rostov oblast
Trud Ryazan
Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1972 Munich +110 kg
Gold medal – first place 1976 Montreal +110 kg
World Weightlifting Championships
Total
Gold medal – first place 1970 Columbus +110 kg
Gold medal – first place 1971 Lima +110 kg
Gold medal – first place 1972 Munich +110 kg
Gold medal – first place 1973 Havana +110 kg
Gold medal – first place 1974 Manila +110 kg
Gold medal – first place 1975 Moscow +110 kg
Gold medal – first place 1976 Montreal +110 kg
Gold medal – first place 1977 Stuttgart +110 kg
European Weightlifting Championships
Total
Gold medal – first place 1970 Szombathely +110 kg
Gold medal – first place 1971 Sofia +110 kg
Gold medal – first place 1972 Constanţa +110 kg
Gold medal – first place 1973 Madrid +110 kg
Gold medal – first place 1974 Verona +110 kg
Gold medal – first place 1975 Moscow +110 kg
Gold medal – first place 1977 Stuttgart +110 kg
Gold medal – first place 1978 Havířov +110 kg
Representing the Trud Sports Society
USSR Weightlifting Championships
Total
Bronze medal – third place 1968 Luhansk +102.5 kg
Gold medal – first place 1970 Vilnius +110 kg
Gold medal – first place 1971 Moscow +110 kg
Gold medal – first place 1972 Tallinn +110 kg
Gold medal – first place 1973 Donetsk +110 kg
Gold medal – first place 1974 Tbilisi +110 kg
Gold medal – first place 1975 Vilnius +110 kg
Gold medal – first place 1976 Karaganda +110 kg
Summer Spartakiad of the USSR
Total
Gold medal – first place 1971 Moscow +110 kg
Gold medal – first place 1975 Vilnius +110 kg
Cups of the USSR
Gold medal – first place 1970 Vilnius +110 kg Clean & Press
Gold medal – first place 1970 Vilnius +110 kg Snatch
Gold medal – first place 1970 Vilnius +110 kg Clean & Jerk
Gold medal – first place 1970 Vilnius +110 kg Total
Gold medal – first place 1972 Sochi +110 kg Clean & Jerk
Gold medal – first place 1972 Sochi +110 kg Total
Gold medal – first place 1974 Zaporizhia +110 kg Snatch
Gold medal – first place 1974 Zaporizhia +110 kg Clean & Jerk
Gold medal – first place 1974 Zaporizhia +110 kg Total

Vasily Ivanovich Alekseyev (Russian: Василий Иванович Алексеев; 7 January 1942 – 25 November 2011) was a Soviet weightlifter. He set 80 world-records and 81 Soviet records in weightlifting and won Olympic gold medals at the 1972 and 1976 games.[3]

  1. ^ "Vasiliy Alexeev". Lift Up. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
  2. ^ "Alexeev Vasili (URS)". Database Weightlifting. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
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