Alexei Ivanovich Wachonin
Alexei Ivanovich Wachonin , Russian Алексей Иванович Вахонин , scientific transliteration Aleksej Ivanovič Vachonin , (born March 10, 1935 in Gawrilowka , Kemerovo Oblast , Russian SFSR ; † September 1, 1993 in Shakhty , Russia ) was a Soviet weightlifter .
Career
Alexei Wachonin grew up in Gawrilowka near Kemerovo . It wasn't until 1956, when he was 21, that he started lifting weights .
After initial successes, coach Rudolf Plukfelder brought him to Schachty . From then on it went even steeper uphill. Wachonin was multiple world and European champion and crowned his career with the Olympic victory in Tokyo in 1964 in bantamweight , the weight class in which he achieved all his successes. He won against his constant opponent Imre Földi from Hungary , but had to achieve a world record in the Olympic three-way battle to ensure victory. In 1970 he ended his successful career at the age of 35.
successes
International
(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, Ba = Bantamweight)
- 1960, 3rd place , Grand Prix of Moscow , Ba, with 317.5 kg, behind Stepan Uljanow, USSR , 330 kg and Li Tin-Juan, People's Republic of China , 320 kg;
- 1961, 3rd place , Grand Prix of Moscow, Ba, with 327.5 kg, behind Viktor Marzagulow, USSR, 337.5 kg and Imre Földi , Hungary , 335 kg;
- 1962, 1st place , Grand Prix of Moscow, with 332.5 kg, ahead of Robert Nagy, Hungary, 300 kg;
- 1963, 1st place , WM + EM in Stockholm Ba, with 345 kg, ahead of Hirochi Fukuda, Japan , 340 kg and Shiro Ichinoseki , Japan, 330 kg;
- 1964, 1st place , Grand Prix of Moscow, Ba, with 347.5 kg, ahead of Andrianow, USSR, 340 kg;
- 1964, gold medal , OS in Tokyo , Ba, with 357.5 kg, ahead of Földi, 355 kg and Ichinoseki, 347.5 kg;
- 1965, 1st place , EM in Sofia , Ba, with 350 kg, ahead of Földi, 347.5 kg and Henryk Trebicki , Poland , 332.5 kg;
- 1966, 2nd place , Grand Prix of Riga , Ba, with 342.5 kg, behind Gennady Tschetin , USSR, 347.5 kg and in front of Dynnikow, 327.5 kg;
- 1966, 1st place , WM + EM in Berlin , Ba, with 362.5 kg, ahead of Földi, 360 kg and Mohammad Nassiri , Iran, 350 kg;
- 1968, 3rd place , EM in Leningrad , Ba, with 342.5 kg, behind Földi, 350 kg and Walter Szoltyszek, Poland, 342.5 kg.
USSR championships
All in bantam weight
- 1960, 4th place , with 322.5 kg; behind Ulyanov, 337.5 kg, Wladimir Stogow , 330 kg and Li, 325 kg;
- 1961, 1st place , with 337.5 kg, ahead of Stogow, 335 kg and Uljanow, 335 kg;
- 1962, 1st place , with 340 kg, ahead of Stogow, 337.5 kg and Marzagulow, 327.5 kg;
- 1963, 1st place , with 345 kg, ahead of Papazow, 332.5 kg and Viktor Marzagulow , 327.5 kg;
- 1964, 1st place , with 345 kg, ahead of Marzagulow, 337.5 kg and Andrianow, 335 kg;
- 1965, 2nd place , with 335 kg, behind Andrianow, 345 kg and in front of Kim, 332.5 kg;
- 1966, 1st place , with 342.5 kg, ahead of Gennady Tschetin , 342.5 kg and Jakuniew, 325 kg;
- 1967, 1st place , with 345 kg, ahead of Tschetin, 340 kg and Ulyanov, 332.5 kg;
- 1968, 2nd place , with 345 kg, behind Tschetin, 347.5 kg and in front of Krishinin, 332.5 kg;
- 1969, 2nd place , with 352.5 kg, behind Tschetin, 357.5 kg and in front of Rafael Belenkow , 335 kg;
- 1970, 2nd place , with 355 kg, behind Belenkow, 357.5 kg and in front of Anikin, 352.5 kg.
World records in bantamweight
Pushing with both arms:
- 141 kg, 1965 in Tehran,
- 143 kg, born in 1966 in Berlin,
- 143.5 kg, born in 1966 in Berlin,
- 144 kg, 1967 in Sofia.
Olympic triathlon:
- 357.5 kg, 1964 in Tokyo.
Web links
- Alexei Wachonin in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- Profile of Alexei Wachonin in the lift-up project at chidlovski.net (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Wachonin, Alexei Ivanovich |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Алексей Иванович Вахонин (Russian) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | soviet weightlifter |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 10, 1935 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Gavrilovka , Kemerovo Oblast , Russian SFSR |
DATE OF DEATH | September 1, 1993 |
Place of death | Shakhty , Russia |