Pavel Vladimirovich Pervushin

Pawel Wladimirowitsch Perwuschin ( Russian Павел Владимирович Первушин , scientific transliteration Pavel Vladimirovič Pervušin ; * 1947 ) is a former Soviet weightlifter.

Career

Pavel Pervushin grew up in a small town near Volgograd . As a teenager he was mainly active in athletics . At the age of 16 his older brother Nikolai introduced him to weightlifting , which he practiced from then on with a lot of diligence and perseverance. The first successes soon followed at the regional level.

At the age of 19, Pervuschin joined the Soviet Army and was stationed in Leningrad . There he found a competent trainer in Fyodor Bogdanowski , the 1960 Olympic middleweight champion. In March 1967 he already managed 445 kg in the Olympic three-way fight and finished eighth in the Soviet junior championships of the same year. He was a little disappointed with this result, but continued to train intensively and already exceeded the 500 kg heavyweight limit in 1970 (up to 110 kg body weight at that time).

1973 was his best year. As an excellent technician in snatching and pushing, he benefited from the abolition of pushing and this year became Soviet, European and world champion in a duel, where he was the first heavyweight in the world to reach the 400 kg limit in a duel at the European Championships in Madrid. In 1974 and 1975 a protracted hand injury prevented further starts.

In 1976 he tried a comeback. Although he achieved a good result at the Soviet championships with 387.5 kg in a duel, but was not nominated for the Olympic Games in Montreal . He then ended his sporting career disappointed.

International successes / all-around

(WM = world championship, EM = European championship, S = heavyweight, competitions up to 1972 in the Olympic three-way fight, consisting of pushing, tearing and pushing, from 1973 in a duel consisting of tearing and pushing).

• 1970, 3rd place , tournament in Dnepropetrovsk , S, with 527.5 kg, behind Valeri Jakubowski , USSR , 545 kg and Kārlis Pumpuriņš , USSR, 540 kg;
• 1971, 2nd place , tournament in Rostow , S, with 542.5 kg, behind Jablonowsky, USSR, 555 kg and in front of Ambroszi, Hungary , 522.5 kg;
• 1971, 1st place , cup competition, in Yerevan , S, with 565 kg, in front of W. Brots, USSR, 542.5 kg and Onichenko, USSR, 540 kg;
• 1972, unplaced , Vorol. Tournament in Ulm , S, through 3 failed attempts in pressing, winner: Stefan Grützner , GDR , 535 kg;
• 1973, 1st place , tournament in Sochi , S, with 380 kg, ahead of Schalin, USSR, 365 kg and Onichenko, 360 kg;
• 1973, 1st place , tournament in Tashkent , S, with 392.5 kg, ahead of Grützner, 362.5 kg and Kauko Kangasniemi , Finland , 347.5 kg;
• 1973, 1st place , EM in Madrid , S, with 400 kg, ahead of Helmut Losch , GDR, 362.5 kg and Dieter Westphal , Federal Republic. Germany , 355 kg;
• 1973, 1st place , World Championships in Havana , S, with 385 kg, ahead of Losch, 370 kg and Gonzales, Cuba , 362.5 kg;
• 1976, 4th place , EM in Berlin , S, with 385 kg, behind Valentin Christow , Bulgaria , 415 kg, Juri Saizew , USSR, 400 kg and Jürgen Ciezki , GDR, 395 kg.

Medals individual disciplines

• World Cup Gold Medals: 1973, Tear, S - 1973, Push, S.
• EM gold medals: 1973, tear, S - 1973, push, p.

USSR championships

• 1971, 2nd place, S, with 560 kg, behind Juri Kozin , 567.5 kg and in front of Jablonowsky, 552.5 kg,
• 1972, 2nd place, S, with 577.5 kg, behind Jaan Talts , 587.5 kg and in front of Vladimir Golowanow , 565 kg,
• 1973, 1st place, S, with 387.5 kg, ahead of Schalin, 375 kg and Valeri Jakubowsky , 375 kg,
• 1976, 3rd place, S, with 387.5 kg, behind Yuri Saizew, 395 kg and Valeri Falew, 395 kg.

World records

(all in heavyweight, up to 110 kg body weight, achieved)

• 168 kg, tear, 1971 in Odessa ,
• 170 kg, tear, 1971 in Moscow ,
• 170.5 kg, tear, 1971 in Yerevan ,
• 171 kg, tear, 1972 in Ulm ,
• 173 kg, tear, 1972 in Tallinn ,
• 175 kg, tear, 1972 in Tallinn,
• 175.5 kg, tear, 1972 in Sochi ,
• 218.5 kg, pushing, 1972 in Tallinn,
• 220.5 kg, pushing, 1972 in Tallinn,
• 176 kg, tear, 1973 in Tashkent ,
• 177.5 kg, tear, 1973 in Madrid ,
• 223 kg, pushing, 1973 in Tashkent,
• 223.5 kg, pushing, 1973 in Madrid,
• 392.5 kg, duel, 1973 in Tashkent,
• 400 kg, duel, 1973 in Madrid.