Gennady Weniaminowitsch Bessonow

Gennadi Weniaminowitsch Bessonow ( Russian Геннадий Вениаминович Бессонов ; * 1954 ) is a former Soviet weightlifter .

Career

Gennady Bessonov began lifting weights in 1970 in Shakhty , the city that had developed into one of the centers of Soviet weightlifting in the 1960s. He had attended school in Shakhty and started to study technology. He made good progress with his trainer W. K. Dorochin. Between 1977 and 1980 he was twice world champion and European champion. For the Olympic Games he could not qualify. He ended his career in 1982.

Today he is an officer in the militia .

International successes / all-around

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

• 1975, 3rd place , Int. Tournament in Zaporozhye , Ls, with 342.5 kg, behind Valeri Schari , USSR , 355 kg and Gennady Ivanchenko , USSR, 342.5 kg;
• 1977, 1st place , Grand Prix of the USSR in Vilnius , Ls, with 350 kg, in front of Avischian, USSR, 347.5 kg and Schuchin, USSR, 332.5 kg;
• 1977, 1st place , WM in Donaueschingen , Ls, with 352.5 kg, ahead of Peter Baczako, Hungary , 345 kg and Rabczewski, Poland , 337.5 kg;
• 1978, 1st place , Baltic Cup in Wolfsburg , Ms, with 375 kg, ahead of Peter Petzold , GDR , 350 kg and Frank Leucht, GDR, 332.5 kg;
• 1978, 2nd place , WM in Gettysburg , Ms, with 372.5 kg, behind Rolf Milser , Germany , 377.5 kg and in front of Antalovics, Hungary, 367.5 kg;
• 1979, 1st place , Baltic Cup in Tallinn , Ms, with 382.5 kg, ahead of Walo, Poland, 345 kg and Frank Mantek , GDR, 340 kg;
• 1979, 1st place , World Championships in Thessaloniki , Ms, with 380 kg, ahead of Milser, 377.5 kg and Walo, 362.5 kg;
• 1980, 2nd place , Baltic Cup in Bollnäs , Ms, with 350 kg, behind Milser, 370 kg and in front of Gerd Kennel, Germany, 347.5 kg;
• 1980, 3rd place , EM, Ms, behind Rumen Alexandrow, Bulgaria and Valeri Schari, USSR;
• 1981, 3rd place , Grand Prix of the USSR in Lemberg , Ms, with 385 kg, behind Yuri Sacharewitsch , USSR, 397.5 kg and Plokhoi, USSR, 396 kg;
• 1981, 1st place , Baltic Cup, Ms, with 360 kg, in front of Werner Westphal, GDR, 355 kg and Bernd Klasen, GDR, 330 kg.

Medals individual disciplines

3 × WM gold, 2 × WM silver, 1 × EM gold, 1 × EM silver.

USSR championships

• 1976, 2nd place, Ls, with 345 kg;
• 1979, 2nd place, Ms, with 377.5 kg, behind Valeri Schari, 380 kg and in front of Zghun, 367.5 kg;
• 1981, 3rd place, Ms, with 385 kg, behind Jurik Wardanjan , 402.5 kg and Sacharewitsch, 400 kg.

World records

In tearing:

• 181.5 kg, 1981 in Lemberg .

In pushing:

• 223.5 kg, 1981 in Lemberg;
• 225.0 kg, 1981 in Podolsk .

Web links

• Gennadi Bessonow in Top Olympic Lifters of the 20th Century