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      • Leonid Taranenko, weightlifter BORN: USSR, 1956 HEIGHT: 5’11” WEIGHT: 260 LBS In the historic weightlifting year of 1988, Taranenko established the world records for both the clean and jerk (266 kg, or 58.2 pounds) and total (475 kg, or 1,045 pounds). These records are still in place today.
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    • Leonid Taranenko – Weightlifter. BORN: USSR, 1956. HEIGHT: 5’11” WEIGHT: 260 LBS. Taranenko set the world record in weightlifting for the clean and jerk (266 kilograms, or 58.2 pounds) and total (475 kilograms, or 1,045 pounds) way back in 1988—an eon in weightlifting years—and these records still stand today.
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  3. Biography. Lifting in the heavyweight class, Leonid Taranenko was dominant in that category from 1980 until 1985. In 1980 he won the World, European and Olympic titles. He would almost certainly have defended the Olympic title in 1984 had the Soviets not boycotted the Olympics. In 1984 Taranenko won the Friendship Games in Varna, Bulgaria with ...

  4. Leonid ArkadyevichTaranenko: Used name: Leonid•Taranenko: Original name: Леанід Аркадзьевіч•Тараненка: Born: 13 June 1956 in Malaryta, Brest (BLR) Measurements: 110-144 kg: Affiliations: Urozhay Minsk, Minsk (BLR) NOC: Soviet Union Unified Team: Nationality: Belarus

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  5. Aug 9, 2022 · Leonid Taranenko . Leonid was born in 1956 in the USSR and set the world record for the clean and jerk (266kg or 58.2 pounds) and total (475 kg or 1,045 pounds) back in 1988, a record that has stood for eons. Even though weightlifting guidelines changed and his record no longer stands in the lifting federation, none comes close to equaling his ...

  6. noc.by › chempiony-olimpijskih › taranenko-leonidLeonid Taranenko - noc.by

    The total weight he lifted was 380kg, a new record for the country. After a year of intense, innovative training the Belarusian strongman lifted 222.5kg in the second attempt at the Soviet Union championship in Kiev.

  7. Video. Career Hightlights. World Records. Comments. LEONID TARANENKO: Biography. Leonid Taranenko (b. 1956) is the athlete who lifted the heaviest weight of the 20th century. It happened in Canberra, Australia in 1988 and his clean and jerk of 266 kg set up a record challenge for decades to follow.

  8. Then he asked the question, 'three world records'. I replied, 'I'm not a millionaire, no more only two world records'. His answer was 'da, okay' For Taranenko the competition started right then at 3.00pm, 24 hours before he took to the stage. No-one could imagine the transformation of a man who was ready to lift the biggest weight on the planet.

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