Stanislav Batishchev

Stanislav Batishchev ( Ukrainian Станіслав Батіщев ; Russian Станислав Батищев ; * July 10, 1940 - May 22, 2011 ) was a Soviet weightlifter .

Career

The 1.84 m tall Ukrainian Stanislaw Batishchev started first for "Burewestnik" Krivoy Rog and then for "Avangard" Donetsk . From 1965 to 1973 he was one of the best super heavyweight lifters (at that time over 110 kg body weight) in the world, although he could never become Olympic, world or European champions in all-around competitions. His bad luck was that in the years when he achieved his top performances, there were two athletes in the Soviet Union , Leonid Shabotinsky and Vasily Alexejew , who performed even better than him. In all major championships he lost to one of the two. He was also on the lifting platform against the German Rudolf Mang several times, won against him at the European Championships in Sofia in 1971 and in Madrid in 1973 , but lost to him at the 1973 World Cup in Havana .

In 1969 Batishchev was both world and European champions in the individual tear. In 1972 he achieved the outstanding performance of 620 kg in the Olympic triathlon at the Soviet championships as second behind Alexejew, but was still not nominated for the 1972 Olympic Games.

International successes / all-around

(WM = world championship, EM = European championship, SS = super 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)

• 1965, 3rd place , Grand Prix of the USSR in Moscow , SS, with 500 kg, behind Viktor Andreev, USSR, 537.5 kg and Georgi Dyachenko, USSR, 520 kg;
• 1966, 2nd place , Grand Prix of the USSR in Riga , SS, with 527.5 kg, behind Leonid Schabotinski , USSR, 545 kg and in front of Serge Reding , Belgium , 512.5 kg;
• 1966, 3rd place (2nd place) , WM and EM in Berlin , SS, with 530 kg, behind Schabotinski, 567.5 kg and Bob Bednarski , USA , 537.5 kg;
• 1967, 2nd place , Grand Prix of the USSR in Tbilisi , SS, with 542.5 kg, behind Andreyev, 547.5 kg and in front of Dyachenko, 540 kg;
• 1967, 1st place , Vorol. Games in Mexico City , SS, at 550 kg, ahead of Joe Dube , USA, 550 kg and Ernest Pickett , USA, 520 kg;
• 1968, 1st place , Baltic Cup in Helsinki , SS, with 540 kg, ahead of Manfred Rieger , GDR , 535 kg and Ove Johansson, Sweden , 527.5 kg;
• 1969, 1st place , Baltic Cup in Zinnowitz , SS, with 552.5 kg, ahead of Kalevi Lahdenranta , Finland , 520 kg and Rieger, 517.5 kg;
• 1969, 3rd place (2nd place) , World Cup and EM in Warsaw , SS, with 570 kg, behind Dube, 577.5 kg and Reding, 570 kg;
• 1970, 1st place , Grand Prix of Tehran , SS, with 540 kg, in front of Rjabokon, USSR, 500 kg and Wojcik, Poland , 470 kg;
• 1970, 2nd place , Grand Prix of the USSR in Minsk , SS, with 587.5 kg, behind Vasily Alexejew , USSR, 600 kg and in front of Rieger, 530 kg,
• 1971, 1st place , Grand Prix of the USSR in Rostov , SS, with 600 kg, ahead of Petr Pavlásek , CSSR , 527.5 kg and Gerd Bonk , GDR, 520 kg;
• 1971, 2nd place , EM in Sofia , SS, with 607.5 kg, behind Alexejew, 630 kg and in front of Rudolf Mang , FRG, 602.5 kg;
• 1973, 2nd place , tournament in Sochi , SS, with 390 kg, behind Alexejew, 395 kg, and in front of Kosinzew, USSR, 380 kg;
• 1973, 2nd place , EM in Madrid , SS, with 395 kg, behind Alexejew, 417.5 kg and in front of Mang, 387.5 kg;
• 1973, 3rd place , World Championship in Havana , SS, with 392.5 kg, behind Alexejew, 402.5 kg and Mang, 400 kg.

Medals individual disciplines

(all won in super heavyweight)

• World Cup gold medal: 1969 in the tear,
• World Cup silver medal: 1969 in pushing,
• World Cup bronze medals: 1969 in the push - 1973 in the snatch.
• EM gold medal: 1969 in the tear,
• EM silver medals: 1969 in pushing - 1969 in pushing - 1971 in pushing - 1971 in pushing,
• EM bronze medal: 1971 in the tear.

USSR championships

• 1965, 3rd place, SS, with 510 kg, behind Schabotinsky, 540 kg and Andrejew, 525 kg;
• 1966, 2nd place, SS, with 522.5 kg, behind Andrejew, 525 kg and in front of Ryabokon, 497.5 kg;
• 1967, 2nd place, SS, with 537.5 kg, behind Schabotinsky, 585 kg and in front of Dyachenko, 522.5 kg;
• 1968, 2nd place, SS, with 555 kg, behind Schabotinsky, 585 kg and in front of Vasily Alexejew, 540 kg;
• 1969, 2nd place, SS, with 552.5 kg, behind Schabotinsky, 572.5 kg and in front of Ryabokon, 542.5 kg;
• 1970, 2nd place, SS, with 582.5 kg, behind Alexejew, 607.5 kg and in front of Kosinzew, 545 kg;
• 1971, 2nd place, SS, with 572.5 kg, behind Alexejew, 640 kg and in front of Yefremov, 537.5 kg;
• 1972, 2nd place, SS, with 620 kg, behind Alexejew, 645 kg and in front of Kosinzew, 590 kg,
• 1973, 2nd place, SS, with 405 kg, behind Alexejew, 407.5 kg and in front of Kurg, 380 kg.

World record

• 214 kg, press, 1970 in Minsk , SS.

Web links

• Portrait of Stanislaw Batishchev