Anatoly Mikhailovich Chrapaty

	Anatoly Chrapaty
	Personal information
Surname:	Anatoly Mikhailovich Chrapaty
Nationality:	Soviet Union Kazakhstan;
Date of birth:	October 20, 1962
Place of birth:	Zelinograd
Date of death:	August 11, 2008
Place of death:	Almaty
Size:	171 cm
Medal table
Olympic games
World championships; duel
Tear
Bump

Cyrillic ( Kazakh )
	Анатолий Михайлович Храпатый
Latin :	Anatolïý Mïxaýlovïç Xrapatıý
Transl. :	Anatolij Michajlovič Chrapatyj
Transcr. :	Anatoly Mikhailovich Chrapaty
Cyrillic ( Russian )
	Анатолий Михайлович Храпатый
Transl. :	Anatolij Michajlovič Chrapatyj
Transcr. :	Anatoly Mikhailovich Chrapaty

Anatoly Michailowitsch Chrapaty (born October 20, 1962 in Zelinograd , † August 11, 2008 near Almaty ) was a Soviet weightlifter and Olympic champion.

Career

Anatoli Chrapaty trained at the army sports club in his hometown Zelinograd, today's Nur-Sultan (Astana until 2019) . He started in the weight class up to 82.5 kilograms (light heavyweight), later in higher classes up to 105 kilograms (heavyweight). In 1983 and 1986 he was Soviet champion, in 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989 and 1990 world champion, in 1993 and 1995 he won the bronze medal.

Chrapaty was successful at European Championships in 1986, 1987, 1989 and 1990, and was third in 1984 and 1985. He celebrated his greatest success at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul , where he was able to win the middle heavyweight title. For Kazakhstan he also won the silver medal in the 1st heavyweight division behind Akakios Kachiasvilis in 1996 . In 1994 and 1998 Chrapaty won silver at the Asian Championships . Chrapaty set 5 world records during his career.

On August 11, 2008, Chrapaty, who was now working as an army employee, collided with an oncoming vehicle on his motorcycle and had a fatal accident. He was 45 years old.

Personal best

Tear: 187.5 kg in the 90 kg class at the 1988 Seoul Olympics
Bump: 235.0 kg in the 90 kg class at Cardiff in 1988
Duel: 417.5 kg (185.0 / 232.5 kg) in the class up to 90 kg in 1987 in Ostrava

Individual evidence

↑ Seoul gold medallist killed in crash ( Memento from October 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed December 14, 2009)

Web links

Profile of Anatoli Michailowitsch Chrapaty in the lift-up project at chidlovski.net (English)
Anatoli Michailowitsch Chrapaty at the Institute for Applied Training Science
Anatoli Michailowitsch Chrapaty in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

personal data
SURNAME	Chrapaty, Anatoly Mikhailovich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Chrapati, Anatoli Mikhailovich; Храпатый, Анатолий Михайлович (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Kazakh weightlifter
DATE OF BIRTH	October 20, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH	Zelinograd (Astana)
DATE OF DEATH	August 11, 2008
Place of death	at Almaty

[1] Seoul gold medallist killed in crash ( Memento from October 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed December 14, 2009)