Leonid Taranenko
| Personal information | |
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| Born |
June 13, 1956 Malaryta, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Olympic medalist | ||
 Taranenko at Moscow Olympics, 1980 | ||
| Medal record | ||
| Men's Weightlifting | ||
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Competitor for the  Soviet Union
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| Olympic Games | ||
| Gold | 1980 Moscow | 110 kg |
| World Weightlifting Championships | ||
| Bronze | 1979 Saloniki | 110kg |
| Gold | 1980 Moscow | 110kg |
| Silver | 1987 Ostrava | +110kg |
| Gold | 1990 Budapest | +110kg |
| European Weightlifting Championships | ||
| Gold | 1980 Beograd | 110kg |
| Silver | 1985 Katowice | +110kg |
| Silver | 1986 Karl-Marx-Stadt | +110kg |
| Gold | 1988 Cardiff | +110kg |
| Bronze | 1990 Aalborg | +110kg |
| Gold | 1991 Wladyslawowo | +110kg |
| USSR Weightlifting Championships | ||
| Bronze | 1977 Ratov Na Donu | 110kg |
| Gold | 1979 Leningrad | 110kg |
| Gold | 1983 Moscow | 110kg |
| Gold | 1987 Arkhangelsk | +110kg |
| Bronze | 1989 Frunze | +110kg |
| Summer Spartakiad of the Soviet Union | ||
| Gold | 1979 Leningrad | 110kg |
| Gold | 1983 Moscow | 110kg |
| Cup of the Soviet Union | ||
| Gold | 1981 Donetsk | 110kg Snatch |
| Gold | 1981 Donetsk | 110kg Total |
| Gold | 1982 Moscow | 110kg Snatch |
| Gold | 1982 Moscow | 110kg Clean and Jerk |
| Gold | 1982 Moscow | 110kg Total |
| Gold | 1986 Lipetsk | +110kg Snatch |
| Gold | 1986 Lipetsk | +110kg Clean and Jerk |
| Gold | 1986 Lipetsk | +110kg Total |
Competitor for the  Unified Team
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| Olympic Games | ||
| Silver | 1992 Barcelona | +110 kg |
Competitor for  Belarus
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| European Weightlifting Championships | ||
| Gold | 1996 Stavanger | +110kg |
Leonid Arkadevich Taranenko (Russian: Леонид Аркадьевич Тараненко, born June 13, 1956) is a former Soviet/Belarusian weightlifter.
Weightlifting career
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. He was unable to compete in the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles due to the Soviet boycott. However, competing in the 1984 Friendship Games, Taranenko 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 266.0 kg in the clean and jerk, and 475.0 kg in the total. Due to the restructuring of the competitive weight classes that took place in 1993 and 1998, these lifts are no longer recognized as the official world records. However, these remain the highest figures ever posted in competition.
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 425.0 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.
Career bests
- Snatch: 210.0 kg in the class over 110 kg;
- Clean and jerk: 266.0 kg (official world record, though this record has been expunged due to restructuring of weight classes, however this is the largest amount ever lifted in competition);
- Total: 442.5 kg (200.0 + 242.5) 1984 in Varna in the class to 110 kg;
- Total: 476.0 kg (210.0 + 266.0),[1] in Canberra, Australia on November 26, 1988, in the class over 110 kg.[2]
Notes and references
- ↑ Taranenko lifted 476.0 kg in the total, but for the competition results, the weight was normalized to the standard interval of 2.5 kg.
- ↑ "Leonid Taranenko". Lift Up. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
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