Jan Jurjewitsch Sparre

Jan Jurjewitsch Sparre ( Russian Ян Юрьевич Спарре , scientific transliteration Jan Jur'evič Sparre ; * 1891 , † 1962 ) was a Soviet weightlifter .

Career

Jan Sparre was a young Moscow weightlifter who had started this sport in the days of the tsars and was back at the dumbbell immediately after the October Revolution of 1917. In 1918 he became the first Soviet champion. By 1934 he had won a total of 10 Soviet championship titles in three weight classes. He won all of these titles in the then common pentathlon (one-armed snatch and push and two-armed push, snatch and push). With his achievements, Jan Sparre would certainly have achieved excellent placings at many international championships. Since it is very interesting to see what Jan Sparre would have achieved in the Olympic Games in 1920, 1924 and 1928 if the USSR had participated, Sparre's achievements will be with the Olympic champions of those years, and in 1920 and 1924 with the German champions compared, who were excluded from participating in these Olympic Games, compared.

• 1920: Olympic Games in Antwerp : the 1st heavyweight winner, Filippo Bottino , Italy , scored 270 kg (70-85-115) in a three-way fight consisting of one-armed snatch and push and two-arm push. Jan Sparre achieved 282.5 kg (71.8-91-119.9) in the Soviet championships within the pentathlon with the same exercises. However, Karl Mörke from Cologne scored 332.5 kg (77.5-100-155) in the German championships.
• 1924: Olympic Games in Paris : the 1st heavyweight winner, Giuseppe Tonani , Italy , scored 517.5 kg (80-95-100-112.5-130) in the pentathlon. Jan Sparre at the Soviet Championships 523.7 kg (81.9-102.4-98.3-105.2-136.8). The German champion from 1924 Josef Straßberger achieved 530 kg (80-92.5-110-105-142.5).
• 1928: Olympic Games in Amsterdam : the 1st light heavyweight winner Sayed Nosseir , Egypt , scored 355 kg in the Olympic triathlon, he won in front of Louis Hostin , France , 352.5 kg, Verheijen, Netherlands , 337.5 kg and Jakob Vogt , Germany , 335 kg. Jan Sparre achieved 335 kg (95-105-135) in the pentathlon at the Soviet championships

After his active time, Jan Sparre was an official, trainer and referee in weightlifting in the USSR. In 1922 he was elected to the Moscow City Council. At the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome , he represented the Soviet Union as a referee .

USSR championships

(Mi = middle weight, Ls = light heavy weight, S = heavy weight)

• 1918, 1st place, Wed, with 454.5 kg (70.8-90.1-86.4-90.1-117.1),
• 1920, 1st place, S, with 463.5 kg (71.8-91-88.4-92.4-119.9),
• 1922, 1st place, Ls, with 481.4 kg (74-90.3-94.1-96.8-126.2),
• 1923, 1st place, Ls, with 504 kg (77.8-102.6-95-97.6-131),
• 1924, 1st place, S, with 523.7 kg (81.9-102.4-98.3-105.2-136.8),
• 1926, 1st place, S, with 515.5 kg (81.9-100.2-98-100.2-134.9),
• 1927, 1st place, Ls, with 516 kg (81.5-100.2-98.4-100.2-135.3),
• 1928, 1st place, Ls, with 516 kg (81-100-95-105-135),
• 1932, 1st place, S, with 502.5 (80-85-102.5-100-135),
• 1934, 1st place, Ls, with 493 kg (78.5-97-91.5-99-129).

World records

(unofficial as the USSR was not a member of the International Weightlifting Association)

when pressing with both arms:

• 86.5 kg, 1918 in Moscow, Ls,
• 94 kg, 1922 in Moscow, Ls,
• 100 kg, 1923 in Moscow, Ls.

in two-armed tearing:

• 90 kg, 1918 in Moscow, Wed,
• 90 kg, 1918 in Moscow, Ls,
• 90 kg, 1918 in Moscow, S,
• 96.5 kg, 1922 in Moscow, Ls.

in two-armed thrusting:

• 116.5 kg, 1918 in Moscow, Wed,
• 116.5 kg, 1918 in Moscow, Ls.