Arkady Nikitich Vorobyov

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Arkadi Nikititsch Vorobjow ( Russian Аркадий Никитич Воробьёв ; born October 3, 1924 in Mordovo , Tambov Oblast , † December 22, 2012 in Moscow ) was a Soviet weightlifter .

Career

During the Second World War Arkady Vorobyov was drafted into the merchant marine in the Black Sea. After the war he first worked in a restaurant in the port of Odessa and was then used to clear mines. In Odessa, he also started lifting weights. The first successes began towards the end of the 1940s. These successes were the beginning of a great sporting career that culminated in two Olympic victories and lasted until 1962.

In the professional sector, too, Arkadi was always anxious to make progress. He studied at the Sverdlovsk Medical Institute and became a doctor. In the 1960s he was the head coach of Soviet weightlifters. After finishing this activity he became rector of an institute for physical culture and sport in Moscow .

International success

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

  • 1950, 2nd place , World Championships in Paris and 1st place EM, Ls, with 422.5 kg, behind Stanley Stanczyk , USA , 422.5 kg and in front of Awad, Egypt , 382.5 kg;
  • 1951, 1st place , World Youth Festival in Berlin , Ls, with 400 kg, in front of Dancea, Romania , 307.5 kg;
  • 1952, bronze medal , OS in Helsinki , Ls, with 407.5 kg, behind Trofim Lomakin , USSR , 417.5 kg and Stanley Stanczyk , USA , 415 kg;
  • 1953, 1st place , WM and EM in Stockholm , Ls, with 430 kg, in front of Lomakin, 427.5 kg and Stanczyk, 415 kg;
  • 1954, 1st place , World Cup and EM in Vienna , Ms, with 460 kg, ahead of Dave Sheppard , USA, 440 kg and Clyde Emrich , USA, 427.5 kg;
  • 1955, 1st place , World Cup and European Championship in Munich , Ms, with 455 kg, ahead of Emrich, 427.5 kg and Rhanavardi, Iran , 425 kg;
  • 1956, gold medal , OS in Melbourne , Ms, at 462.5 kg, ahead of Sheppard, 442.5 kg and Jean Debuf , France ;
  • 1957, 1st place , World Championships in Tehran , Ms, with 470 kg, ahead of Rhanavardi, 440 kg and Pojhan, Iran, 427.5 kg;
  • 1958, 1st place , WM and EM in Stockholm , Ms, with 465 kg, ahead of Sheppard, 450 kg and Iwan Wesselinow, Bulgaria , 422.5 kg;
  • 1959, 2nd place , World Cup and European Championship in Warsaw , Ms, with 445 kg, behind Louis Martin , England , 445 kg and ahead of Czesław Białas , Poland , 425 kg;
  • 1960, gold medal , OS in Rome , Ms, with 472.5 kg, ahead of Lomakin, 457.5 kg and Martin, 445 kg;
  • 1961, 3rd place , World Cup and European Championship in Vienna , with 457.5 kg, behind Ireneusz Paliński , Poland , 475 kg and Martin, 462.5 kg.

USSR championships

  • 1950, 1st place, Ls, with 395 kg,
  • 1952, 2nd place, Ls, with 415 kg, behind Trofim Lomakin , 415 kg,
  • 1953, 1st place, Ms, with 425 kg, in front of Fjodor Ossypa , 417.5 kg,
  • 1954, 1st place, Ms, with 435 kg, in front of Ossypa, 432.5 kf;
  • 1955, 1st place, Ms, with 460 kg, in front of Ossypa, 447.5 kg,
  • 1956, 1st place, Ms, with 452.5 kg, in front of Vinogradow, 420 kg,
  • 1957, 1st place, Ms, with 457.5 kg, in front of Ossypa, 442.5 kg,
  • 1958, 1st place, Ms, with 460 kg, in front of Vitali Dwigun , 452.5 kg and Stepanow, 450 kg,
  • 1959, 1st place, Ms, with 455 kg, ahead of Dwigun, 455 kg and Stepanow, 450 kg,
  • 1960, 2nd place, with 455 kg, Ms, behind Lomakin, 457.5 kg and in front of Rudman, 445 kg.

World records

Arkady Vorobyov set a total of 25 world records in the light and middle heavyweight division.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Olympic Weightlifting Champion Vorobiev Dies

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personal data
SURNAME Vorobyov, Arkady Nikitich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Аркадий Никитич Воробьёв
BRIEF DESCRIPTION soviet weightlifter
DATE OF BIRTH October 3, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Mordovo , Tambov Oblast
DATE OF DEATH December 22, 2012
Place of death Moscow