Alexander Kidjaev

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Alexander Kidjajew ( Russian Александр Кидяев , scientific transliteration Aleksandr Kidjaev ; born April 25, 1940 in Moscow ) is a former Soviet weightlifter .

Career

The Ukrainian Alexander Kidjajew started lifting weights in 1959. After initial successes in the junior division and on a regional level, he won the Soviet lightweight heavyweight championship for the first time in 1965, starting for "Avangard" Lugansk . In the same year he was also European light heavyweight champion at the European Championships in Sofia , but surprisingly suffered a defeat at the World Championships in Tehran by the 20-year-old Poland Norbert Ozimek . At the 1970 World Championships in Columbus / USA , the second he competed, he had bad luck with 3 unsuccessful attempts to press and remained unplaced. In the course of his long career, however, he achieved many great victories and excellent placements against tough competition. In Jaan Talts and David Rigert, however, he had two indomitable opponents in his own country in the middle-heavyweight class, the class in which he started in 1967. He was therefore unable to qualify for participation in the Olympic Games in 1968 or 1972.

International success

(WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, Ls = light heavyweight, Ms = middle heavyweight)

  • 1965, 1st place , Grand Prix of the USSR , Ls, with 465 kg, ahead of Wladimir Woiciechowski, USSR, 445 kg and Géza Tóth , Hungary , 437.5 kg;
  • 1965, 1st place , EM in Sofia , Ls, with 467.5 kg, ahead of Hans Zdražila , CSSR , 460 kg and Norbert Ozimek , Poland , 445 kg;
  • 1965, 2nd place , World Championships in Tehran , Ls, with 460 kg, behind Ozimek, 472.5 kg and in front of Jerzy Kaczkowski , Poland, 445 kg;
  • 1966, 3rd place , Grand Prix of the USSR in Riga , Ls, with 445 kg, behind Vladimir Belyayev , USSR, 465 kg and Sharipov, USSR, 457.5 kg;
  • 1967, 2nd place , Grand Prix of the USSR in Tbilisi , Ms, with 485 kg, behind Jaan Talts , USSR, 490 kg and in front of Anatoli Kalinichenko , 482.5 kg;
  • 1969, 2nd place , Grand Prix of the USSR in Kiev , Ms, with 482.5 kg, behind Talts, 505 kg and in front of Kauko Kangasniemi , Finland , 482.5 kg;
  • 1970, 1st place , Grand Prix of Tehran , Ms, with 490 kg, ahead of Rygula, Poland, 470 kg;
  • 1970, 1st place , tournament in Zaporozhye , Ms, with 527.5 kg, ahead of David Rigert , 515 kg and Choroschajew, 505 kg;
  • 1970, unplaced , WM in Columbus / USA , Ms, after 3 unsuccessful attempts to press; Winner: Wassili Kolotow , USSR, 537.5 kg, ahead of Phil Grippaldi , USA, 490 kg;
  • 1971, 2nd place , Grand Prix of the USSR in Rostov , Ms, with 507.5 kg, behind Rigert, 542.5 kg and in front of Nagy, Hungary, 497.5 kg;
  • 1973, 1st place , tournament in Sochi , Ms, with 352.5 kg (duel), ahead of Boris Selitski , USSR, 340 kg and Tarkil, USSR, 340 kg.

USSR championships

  • 1965, 1st place, Ls, with 470 kg, in front of Viktor Schichow, 450 kg and Rudolf Schum, 450 kg;
  • 1967, 3rd place, Ms, with 475 kg, behind Jaan Talts, 502.5 kg and Anatoli Kalinitschenko, 482.5 kg;
  • 1968, 2nd place, Ms, with 492.5 kg, behind Talts, 500 kg and in front of Kalinichenko, 487.5 kg;
  • 1969, 1st place, Ms, with 487.5 kg, ahead of Zarenko, 487.5 kg and Sharipov, 462.5 kg;
  • 1971, 4th place, Ms, with 517.5 kg, behind Kolotow, 537.5 kg, Rigert, 535 kg and Sergei Poltorazki , 520 kg;
  • 1972, 2nd place, Ms, with 537.5 kg, behind Rigert, 555 kg and in front of Terechow, 522.5 kg.

World records

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personal data
SURNAME Kidjaev, Alexander
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Кидяев, Александр (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION soviet weightlifter
DATE OF BIRTH April 25, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Moscow