Gennady Ivanovich Ivanchenko

Gennadi Ivanovich Ivanchenko ( Russian Геннадий Иванович Иванченко ; born July 30, 1946 in Gschatsk ) is a former Soviet weightlifter .

Career

Ivanchenko grew up in Riga and attended school there. As a teenager he did athletics and came into contact with weightlifting during training . He liked this sport so much that he decided to practice it as his main sport in the future. In his first smaller competitions in a regional context, he came as a lightweight on 275 to 300 kg in the Olympic three-way fight. Under the guidance of his trainer M. Freifeld, however, he continued to practice diligently and, as a middleweight, made the jump to 410 kg in 1967. But then it took another three years before he had reached the Soviet and thus the world top. 1970 was the most successful year of his career because he became world and European champion. After that he was among the world's best for a few more years. The strong competition in their own country, however, prevented further use at the Olympic Games, World and European Championships.

International success

(WM = world championship, EM = European championship, Ls = light heavyweight, Ms = middle heavyweight, Olympic three-way fight until 1972, then duel)

• 1970, 1st place , EM in Szombathely , Ls, with 487.5 kg, ahead of György Horvath , Hungary , 472.5 kg and Sochanski, Poland , 465 kg;
• 1970, 1st place , World Championships in Columbus / USA , Ls, with 505 kg, ahead of Norbert Ozimek , Poland , 482.5 kg and David Rigert , USSR , 482.5 kg;
• 1971, 1st place , Grand Prix of Rostock , Ls, with 502.5 kg, ahead of Horvath, 462.5 kg and Curbelo, Cuba , 445 kg;
• 1971, 1st place , EM in Sofia , Ls, with 500 kg, ahead of Horvath, 490 kg and Turcato, Italy , 462.5 kg;
• 1973, 1st place , Baltic Cup in Schwedt , Ls, with 327.5 kg in front of Frank Zielecke , GDR , 325 kg and Wolfgang Kneißl , Germany , 305 kg;
• 1975, 2nd place , tournament in Zaporizhia , Ls, with 342.5 kg, behind Valeri Schari , USSR, 355 kg and in front of Gennady Bessonow , USSR, 342.5 kg;
• 1977, 2nd place , Grand Prix of the USSR in Vilnius , Ms, with 362.5 kg, behind Sergej Poltoratsky , USSR, 365 kg and Altujew, USSR, 355 kg.

USSR championships

• 1970, 1st place , Ls, with 500 kg, ahead of David Rigert , 495 kg and Boris Selitski , 482.5 kg;
• 1971, 1st place , Ls, with 500 kg, in front of Selitsky, 495 kg, Boris Pavlov , 490 kg and Valeri Schari , 490 kg;
• 1972, 2nd place , Ls, with 510 kg, behind Pavlov, 515 kg and in front of Selitsky, 487.5 kg;
• 1973, 2nd place , Ls, with 340 kg, behind Vladimir Ryschenkow , 352.5 kg and in front of Pavlov, 340 kg.

World records

(all achieved in light heavyweight)

in pressing:

• 178.5 kg, 1972 in Riga .

in tears:

• 153 kg, 1971 in Paris .

in pushing:

• 191.5 kg, 1969 in Lemberg ,
• 195.5 kg, 1971 in Riga.

in the Olympic three-way battle:

• 492.5 kg, 1969 in Graefenroda ,
• 495 kg, 1969 in Lemberg,
• 500 kg, 1970 in Vilnius,
• 505 kg, 1970 in Columbus / USA .

Web links

• www.weightliftingexchange.com - Short portrait of G. Ivanchenko with many photos