Yevgeny Ivanovich Lopatin

Yevgeny Lopatin (2001)

Yevgeny Ivanovich Lopatin ( Russian Евгений Иванович Лопатин ; born December 26, 1917 in Balashov ; † July 21, 2011 ) was a Soviet weightlifter .

Yevgeny Lopatin with his son Sergei

Lopatin came from Saratov and was a member of the Soviet Army. He started lifting weights before the Second World War , but only became Soviet champion several times after that war. His greatest achievement was winning the silver medal at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki . The starting opportunities for Soviet weightlifters were limited at the time, because the Soviet Union did not take part in the 1948 Olympic Games, nor in the 1947, 1949 and 1951 World Championships. It was precisely in those years that Yevgeny Lopatin was at the peak of his productivity. In 1954 he ended his sporting career. His son Sergei Lopatin followed in his footsteps and became a successful weightlifter as well.

International success

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

• 1947, 2nd place , EM in Helsinki , Fe, with 312.5 kg, behind Arvid Andersson , Sweden , 320 kg and in front of Kasyanik, USSR , 310 kg;
• 1950, 2nd place , World Championships in Paris , Fe, with 317.5 kg, behind Mahmoud Fayad , Egypt , 327.5 kg and in front of Julian Creus, Great Britain , 305 kg;
• 1952, silver medal , OS in Helsinki , Le, with 350 kg, behind Thomas Kono , USA, 362.5 kg and in front of Verne Barberis, Australia , 350 kg.

USSR championships

• 1945, 1st place, Fe, with 282.5 kg, behind Georgi Popow , 315 kg;
• 1946, 2nd place, Fe, with 300 kg, behind Moissei Kasjanik , 312.5 kg and in front of Alexander Donskoi , 297.5 kg;
• 1947, 1st place, Fe, with 312.5 kg, in front of Kasjanik, 300 kg;
• 1948, 1st place, Fe, with 322.5 kg, in front of Kasjanik, 317.5 kg;
• 1949, 2nd place, Fe, behind Nikolai Saksonow ;
• 1950, 1st place, Fe, with 322.5 kg, ahead of Rafael Tschimischkjan , 320 kg and Kasjanik, 315 kg;
• 1951, 3rd place, Fe, with 322.5 kg, behind Tschimischkian, 330 kg and Saksonow, 322.5 kg;
• 1952, 1st place, Le, with 347.5 kg, in front of Iwan Solomacha, 342.5 kg and Dmitri Iwanow , 340 kg.

Web links

• Yevgeny Ivanovich Lopatin in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )