Boris Pavlov

Boris Pavlov ( Russian Борис Павлов , scientific transliteration Boris Pavlov ; born October 18, 1947 in Charkow ; † unknown) was a Soviet weightlifter .

Career

Boris Pavlov started lifting weights in 1965 . After initial success, Mustafa Jagly-Ogly , a former weightlifter himself, became his trainer. Boris made good progress with him. At the 1970 Grand Prix of the USSR in Minsk , starting for "Spartak" Donetsk , he became known for the first time on an international level for his good performance. In 1969 he had already achieved his first light heavyweight world record with a push of 191 kg (up to 82.5 kg body weight at that time). In 1971 he became world champion and in 1972 European champion in the same weight class. Together with Valery Schari , he was also used at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich . Both athletes failed in the push when neither made a valid attempt and had to retire unplaced. While Valery Shari made up for the 1976 Olympic victory, Boris Pavlov's international career in Munich was over. His compatriots Vladimir Ryschenkow , Valeri Schari and Gennady Ivanchenko blocked his way to further international starts.

International successes / all-around

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, Ls = Light Heavyweight, competitions up to 1972 in the Olympic three-way fight (OD), consisting of pushing, tearing and pushing, from 1973 in a duel consisting of tearing and pushing)

• 1970, 4th place , Grand Prix of the USSR in Minsk , Ls, with 467.5 kg, behind Boris Selitski , USSR, 477.5 kg, Masushi Ōuchi , Japan , 470 kg and György Horvath , Hungary , 467.5 kg;
• 1971, 1st place , Baltic Cup in Lübeck , Ls, with 475 kg, ahead of Peter Petzold , GDR , 442.5 kg and Ib Bergmann, Denmark , 407.5 kg;
• 1971, 1st place , WM in Lima , Ls, with 495 kg, ahead of Kaarlo Kangasniemi , Finland , 490 kg and György Horvath, 482.5 kg;
• 1972, 1st place , EM in Constanța , Ls, with 512.5 kg, ahead of Leif Jensen , Norway , 505 kg and Kaarlo Kangasniemi, 495 kg;
• 1972, unplaced, OS in Munich , Ls, after 3 failed attempts to push: Winner: Leif Jensen, 505 kg.

Medals individual disciplines

(awarded since 1969)

• World Cup gold medal: 1971, push, Ls,
• World Cup silver medals: 1971, push, Ls - 1971, tear, Ls.
• European Championship gold medals: 1972, push, Ls - 1972, push, Ls
• European Championship bronze medal: 1972, tear, Ls.

USSR championships

• 1971, 3rd place, Ls, with 490 kg, behind Gennady Ivanchenko , 500 kg and Boris Selitsky , 495 kg,
• 1972, 1st place, Ls, with 515 kg, ahead of Ivanchenko. 510 kg and Vladimir Ryschenkow , 507.5 kg,
• 1973, 3rd place, Ls, with 340 kg, behind Ryschenkow, 352.5 kg and Ivanchenko, 352.5 kg,
• 1974, 2nd place, Ls, with 342.5 kg, behind Ryschenkow, 362.5 kg and in front of Igor Kalashnikov, 335 kg,
• 1975, 2nd place, Ls, with 347.5 kg, behind Valeri Schari , 365 kg and in front of Kalashnikov, 342.5 kg.

World records

• 191 kg, pushing, 1969 in Tuapse ,
• 507.5 kg, OD, 1970 in Kharkov ,
• 193 kg, pushing, 1971 in Podolsk ,
• 198 kg, pushing, 1972 in Halmstad ,
• 512.5 kg, OD, 1972 in Halmstad,
• 515 kg, OD, 1972 in Tallinn .

Web links

• Boris Pavlov in Top Olympic Lifters of the 20th Century