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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.

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Leonid Taranenko

Taranenko at 1980 Moscow Olympics
Personal information
Born	(1956-06-13) June 13, 1956 (age 66) Malaryta, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
Medal record Men's weightlifting Representing the  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1980 Moscow 110 kg World Weightlifting Championships 1979 Saloniki 110 kg 1980 Moscow 110 kg 1987 Ostrava +110 kg 1990 Budapest +110 kg European Weightlifting Championships 1980 Beograd 110 kg 1985 Katowice +110 kg 1986 Karl-Marx-Stadt +110 kg 1988 Cardiff +110 kg 1990 Aalborg +110 kg 1991 Wladyslawowo +110 kg USSR Weightlifting Championships 1977 Ratov Na Donu 110 kg 1979 Leningrad 110 kg 1983 Moscow 110 kg 1987 Arkhangelsk +110 kg 1989 Frunze +110 kg Summer Spartakiad of the Soviet Union 1979 Leningrad 110 kg 1983 Moscow 110 kg Cup of the Soviet Union 1981 Donetsk 110 kg 1982 Moscow 110 kg 1986 Lipetsk +110 kg Representing the  Unified Team Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona +110 kg Representing  Belarus European Weightlifting Championships 1996 Stavanger +108 kg

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, 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 266kg clean and jerk remained the highest ever achieved in competition till broken December 2021 by Lasha’s 267kg , while his total of 476kg 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 264kg for the restructured weight classes. He achieved this by breaking Hossein Rezazadeh's world record from 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens for 263.5kg.

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.

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 in Varna in the class to 110 kg
• Total: 476 kg (210 + 266),[2] in Canberra, Australia on November 26, 1988, in the class over 110 kg.
• Back Squat: 380 kg with a two-second pause at rock-bottom
• Front Squat: 300 kg for a triple
• 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	Moscow, Soviet Union	110 kg	182.5	182.5	190	2	220	235	240	1	422.5
1992	Barcelona, Spain	+110 kg	187.5	187.5	--	2	232.5	237.5	242.5	2	425
1996	Atlanta, United States	+108 kg	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
World Championships
1979	Thessaloniki, Greece	110 kg		175	182.5		220			5	402.5
1980	Moscow, Soviet Union	110 kg	182.5	182.5	190		220	235	240		422.5
1985	Södertälje, Sweden	+110 kg	185				232.5			5	417.5	4
1986	Sofia, Bulgaria	+110 kg	200							--	--	--
1987	Ostrava, Czechoslovakia	+110 kg		202.5			245	257.5	265.5		467.5
1990	Budapest, Hungary	+110 kg	195				255				450
1993	Melbourne, Australia	+108 kg	185	190	195	4	232.5	242.5	--	5	422.5	4
European Championships
1980	Belgrade, Yugoslavia	110 kg	190				230				420
1985	Katowice, Poland	+110 kg	185				230				415
1986	Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany	+110 kg	195				242.5				437.5
1988	Cardiff, United Kingdom	+110 kg	207.5				255				462.5
1990	Ålborg, Denmark	+110 kg	205				247.5				452.5
1991	Władysławowo, Poland	+110 kg	200				247.5				447.5
1996	Stavanger, Norway	+108 kg	180	180	182.5		220	227.5	232.5		415
USSR Weightlifting Championships
Summer Spartakiad of the Soviet Union
Cup of the Soviet Union

References

External links

• Leonid Taranenko at Lift Up
• Leonid Taranenko at the International Weightlifting Results Project
• Leonid Taranenko at Olympics.com
• Leonid Taranenko at Olympic.org (archived)
• Leonid Taranenko at Olympedia

На других языках

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[de] Leanid Taranenka

Leanid Arkadsjewitsch Taranenka (belarussisch Леанід Аркадзьевіч Тараненка, russisch Леонид Аркадьевич Тараненко, Leonid Arkadjewitsch Taranenko; * 13. Juni 1956 in Malaryta, Weißrussische Sozialistische Sowjetrepublik, Sowjetunion) ist ein ehemaliger sowjetisch-weißrussischer Gewichtheber und Rekordhalter im Stoßen mit 266 kg sowie im Zweikampf mit 475 kg.

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- [en] Leonid Taranenko

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[fr] Leonid Taranenko

Leonid Taranenko (en russe : Леонид Тараненко ; en biélorusse : Леанід Тараненка, Leanid Taranenka), né le 13 juin 1956 à Malaryta en RSS de Biélorussie (URSS), est un haltérophile soviétique/biélorusse, qui a détenu le record pour l'épaulé-jeté le plus lourd réussi en compétition jusqu'au 17 décembre 2021 et a détenu celui du plus lourd total jusqu'au 5 décembre 2017 (arraché + épaulé-jeté) en cumulant à Canberra le 26 novembre 1988, 210+266 kg soit 476 kg. Aux Championnats du monde d'haltérophilie 2017 qui se sont déroulés à Anaheim, en Californie, le Géorgien Lasha Talakhadze a en effet porté ce total à 477 kg (220 kg à l'arraché, record du monde + 257 kg à l'épaulé-jeté). Aux Championnats du monde d'haltérophilie 2021 qui se sont déroulés à Tachkent, en Ouzbékistan, ce même Lasha Talakhadze a pulvérisé les records de la discipline en réalisant un total de 492 kg (225 kg à l'arraché + 267 kg à l'épaulé-jeté).

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[it] Leonid Taranenko

Leonid Arkadyevich Taranenko (in russo: Леонид Аркадьевич Тараненко?; Malaryta, 13 giugno 1956) è un ex sollevatore sovietico, dal 1991 bielorusso, campione olimpico per l'Unione Sovietica a Mosca 1980 e vicecampione a Barcellona 1992 per la Squadra Unificata.

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[ru] Тараненко, Леонид Аркадьевич

Леони́д Арка́дьевич Таране́нко (белор. Леанід Аркадзьевіч Тараненка; род. 13 июня 1956, Малорита, Брестская область) — советский и белорусский тяжелоатлет.

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