Yevgeny Gavrilowitsch Minajew

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Evgeni Gavrilowitsch Minajew ( Russian Евгений Гаврилович Минаев , scientific transliteration Evgenij Gavrilovič Minaev ; born May 31, 1933 in Klin ; † around December 8, 1993 ibid) was a Soviet weightlifter .

Career

Yevgeny Minajew was active as a gymnast and athlete as a teenager, without being particularly noticeable. Only when he was drafted into the army did he try weightlifting because he was small, light, but already very strong. Weightlifting was particularly encouraged in the army. His first coach, who took a significant part in his development, was SD Bogdasarov. His first appearance at a major national championship took place in 1956 at the People's Partakiade of the Soviet Union. Although he only finished 4th in featherweight with 335 kg (up to 60 kg body weight), he was only 5 kg behind the winner Ivan Udodow . His nomination for the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne came as a surprise. But he fulfilled the trust placed in him and won the silver medal with 342.5 kg. In the following years he represented the Soviet Union at many international championships and fought many hot duels , especially with the American Isaac Berger . His greatest achievement was winning the gold medal at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome .

After the end of his active career in 1966, Minajew turned down a position offered to him as a trainer at CSKA and instead made his way as a plumber in a pioneer holiday camp or a sports instructor in a collective farm . As a recipient of a monthly pension of just 100  rubles, he became impoverished and homeless during the collapse of the Soviet Union . He died at the age of 60 in his hometown of Klin.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, Fe = featherweight)

  • 1956, silver medal , OS in Melbourne , Fe, with 342.5 kg, behind Isaac Berger , USA , 352.5 kg and in front of Marian Zieliński , Poland , 335 kg;
  • 1957, 1st place , Grand Prix of Moscow , Fe, with 355 kg, ahead of Zieliński, 345 kg and Ali Mahgoub, Egypt , 330 kg;
  • 1957, 1st place , World Championships in Tehran , Fe, with 362.5 kg, ahead of Sebastiano Mannironi , Italy , 352.5 kg and Berger, 350 kg;
  • 1958, 2nd place , WM + EM in Stockholm , Fe, with 362.5 kg, behind Berger, 372.5 kg and in front of Mannironi, 342.5 kg, EM valuation: 1st place ;
  • 1960, 1st place , Grand Prix of Moscow, Fe, with 367.5 kg, ahead of Pak, North Korea , 332.5 kg and Marian Jankowski, Poland , 315 kg;
  • 1960, gold medal , OS in Rome , Fe, with 372.5 kg, ahead of Berger, 362.5 kg and Mannironi, 352.5 kg;
  • 1961, 2nd place , World Cup + EM in Vienna , Fe, with 357.5 kg, behind Berger, 367.5 kg and in front of Mannironi, 357.5 kg, EM valuation: 1st place ;
  • 1962, 1st place , WM + EM in Budapest , Fe, with 362.5 kg, ahead of Jewgeni Kazura , USSR, 357.5 kg and Rudolf Kozlowski , Poland, 352.5 kg.

USSR championships

  • 1956, 4th place, Fe, with 335 kg, behind Iwan Udodow , 340 kg, Tarelkin, 337.5 kg and Rafael Tschimischkian , 335 kg;
  • 1957, 1st place, Fe, with 357.5 kg, ahead of Tschimischkian, 347.5 kg and Nemtschilow, 340 kg;
  • 1958, 1st place, Fe, with 355 kg, ahead of Tschimischkian, 345 kg and Bondarenko, 345 kg;
  • 1959, 1st place, Fe, with 355 kg, ahead of Bondarenko, 347.5 kg and Medvedev, 337.5 kg;
  • 1961, 1st place, Fe, with 365 kg, ahead of Medvedev, 352.5 kg and Yevgeny Kazura , 350 kg;
  • 1962, 4th place, Fe, with 342.5 kg, behind Kazura, 355 kg, Medvedev, 350 kg and Tschimischkian, 342.5 kg;
  • 1964, 4th place, Fe, with 357.5 kg, winner Kazura, 367.5 kg;
  • 1965, 1st place, Fe, with 365 kg, in front of Papazow, 352.5 kg and Rudenko, 352.5 kg;
  • 1966, 1st place, Fe, with 357.5 kg, in front of Li, 352.5 kg and Soloviev, 352.5 kg.

World records

(all scored at featherweight)

When pressing with both arms:

In the Olympic three-way battle:

  • 357.5 kg, 1957 in Lemberg,
  • 362.5 kg, 1957 in Tehran,
  • 365 kg, 1958 in Moscow.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Drugoj bereg Evgenija Minaeva  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.sovsport.ru   . In: Sowetski Sport , May 31, 2003 (Russian; The other bank of the Yevgeny Minaev )

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personal data
SURNAME Minajew, Yevgeny Gavrilowitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Минаев, Евгений Гаврилович (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION soviet weightlifter
DATE OF BIRTH May 31, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Clin
DATE OF DEATH uncertain: December 8, 1993
Place of death Clin