Petro Korol

Petro Kindratowytsch Korol ( Ukrainian Петро Кіндратович Король , scientific. Transliteration Petro Kindratovyč Korol' , often in the Russian form of the name Пётр Кондратьевич Король Pyotr Kondratjewitsch Korol , scientific transliteration. Pëtr Kondrat'evič Korol ' ; * 2. January 1941 in Bredy , Chelyabinsk Oblast , RSFSR ; † July 2, 2015 in Lviv , Ukraine ) was a Soviet weightlifter .

Career

Petro Korol grew up in Lviv. As a teenager, he tried his hand at various sports before he as already more than twenty years old in the Soviet Army the weightlifting turned. In the mid-1960s he had reached the top class of the Soviet lightweight with his achievements. From 1966 he started regularly with very good results at the Soviet championships, but stagnated in his development until 1970. It was not until 1971, when he was already over thirty, that he made a big leap forward and from then on he was also used in international championships. At the European Championships in 1971 he was there for the first time as a substitute, but was allowed to make a world record attempt in pushing out of competition, which succeeded with 173.5 kg. In 1972 he became the first Soviet champion. His disappointment, however, was great when it was not him, but the second-placed Mucharbi Kirschinow, who was used at the Olympic Games in Munich . However, he remained active and received his reward for his perseverance from 1974 to 1976. During these years he was world champion seven times and even Olympic champion in Montreal because the Pole Zbigniew Kaczmarek , who was actually placed before him, was subsequently disqualified for doping and had to surrender his gold medal to Petro Korol.

In 1977 the officer ended his active career in the Soviet Army.

International successes / all-around

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, Le = lightweight, Wed = middleweight, 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, 1st place , tournament in Dnepropetrovsk , Le, with 422.5 kg, ahead of Mucharbi Kirschinow , USSR , 415 kg and Lavruschin, USSR, 410 kg;
• 1971, 2nd place , Grand Prix of Rostock , Le, with 432.5 kg, behind Waldemar Baszanowski , Poland, 435 kg and in front of Dehnavi, Iran , 427.5 kg;
• 1971, 2nd place , Baltic Cup in Lübeck , Le, with 407.5 kg, behind Kirschinow, 422.5 kg and in front of Dieter Rauscher , Germany , 397.5 kg;
• 1974, 1st place , Baltic Cup in Växjö , Le, with 295 kg, ahead of Werner Schraut , Germany, 267.5 kg and Gregorz Czyz, Poland, 257.5 kg;
• 1974, 1st place , World Championships in Manila , Le, with 305 kg, ahead of Zbigniew Kaczmarek , Poland, 302.5 kg and Dehnavi, 295 kg;
• 1975, 1st place , tournament in Zaporozhye , Le, with 310 kg, ahead of Kazimierz Czarnecki , Poland, 295 kg and Ulrich Muskatiewicz , GDR , 285 kg;
• 1975, 1st place , WM + EM in Moscow , Le, with 312.5 kg, ahead of Kaczmarek, 312.5 kg and Mladen Kutschew , Bulgaria , 302.5 kg;
• 1976, gold medal , OS in Montreal , Le, with 305 kg, ahead of Daniel Senet , France , 300 kg and Czarnecki, 295 kg (Kaczmarek, Poland, who took 1st place, was subsequently disqualified for doping).

Medals, individual disciplines

(awarded since 1969)

• World Cup gold medals: 1974, Tear, Le - 1974, Tear, Le - 1975, Tear, Le - 1976, Tear, Le
• World Cup silver medal: 1975, Tear, Le.
• EM gold medal: 1975, pushing, le,
• European Championship silver medal, 1975, tear, Le.

USSR championships

• 1965, 4th place, Le, with 397.5 kg, behind Sergej Lopatin , 420 kg, Yevgeny Kazura , 415 kg and Nogaitschew, 407.5 kg,
• 1966, 3rd place, Le, with 400 kg, behind Kazura, 417.5 kg and Nogaitschew, 407.5 kg,
• 1967, 3rd place, Le, with 400 kg, behind Girko, 410 kg and Nogaitschew, 407.5 kg,
• 1968, 3rd place, Le, with 402.5 kg, behind Nogaitschew, 417.5 kg and Girko, 410 kg,
• 1969, 3rd place, Le, with 400 kg, behind Lebedew, 405 kg and Lobschanidze, 402.5 kg,
• 1970, 3rd place, Le, with 410 kg, behind Nogaitschew, 420 kg and Lavruschin, 417.5 kg,
• 1971, 2nd place, Le, with 432.5 kg, behind Mucharbi Kirschinow , 435 kg and in front of Dreksler, 430 kg,
• 1972, 1st place, Le, with 447.5 kg, ahead of Kirschinow, 445 kg and Dreksler, 422.5 kg,
• 1973, 2nd place, Wed, with 317.5 kg, behind Mikhailov, 327.5 kg and Smirnow, 310 kg,
• 1974, 2nd place, Le, with 297.5 kg.

World records

(all achieved in the lightweight)

in pushing:

• 171 kg, 1971 in Rostov-on-Don ,
• 173.5 kg, 1971 in Sofia ,
• 175 kg, 1972 in Tallinn ,
• 178 kg, 1975 in Moscow .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Пішов із життя славетний львівський важкоатлет Петро Король ( Memento of the original from July 2, 2015 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Ukrainian) 

Web links

• Entry on Petro Korol in the Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine (Ukrainian)
• Petro Korol in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Pyotr Korol in the Databaseolympics