Václav Pšenička junior

Václav Pšenička junior (born May 14, 1931 in Prague ) is a former Czechoslovak weightlifter.

Career

Václav Pšenička junior is the son of the silver medalist in weightlifting of the heavyweight division at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin of the same name ( Václav Pšenička senior ). He grew up in Prague and began lifting weights at a young age, guided by his father. He was a member of the Czechoslovak armed forces and first belonged to an army sports club in Prague and then to "Spartak" Prague. He was the first Czechoslovak middleweight champion in 1950 at the age of 18. His development into an internationally successful weightlifter continued continuously in the following years. By 1961, when he ended his international career, he had won a total of seven medals at world and European championships in the Olympic three-way battle.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, Wed = Middleweight, Ls = Light Heavyweight, Ms = Middle Heavyweight)

• 1951, 2nd place , World Youth Festival in Berlin , Wed, with 337.5 kg, behind Mosscherin, USSR , 345 kg and in front of Rajew, Bulgaria , 280 kg;
• 1953, 2nd place , World Youth Gestures Games in Bucharest , Wed, with 357.5 kg, behind Bondarenko, USSR, 380 kg and in front of Dancea, Romania , 332.5 kg;
• 1953, 6th place ( 2nd place ), WM + EM in Stockholm , Wed, with 362.5 kg, winner: Thomas Kono , USA , 407.5 kg ahead of Dave Sheppard , USA, 397.5 kg;
• 1954, 4th place ( 3rd place ), WM + EM in Vienna , Ls, with 395 kg, behind Kono, 435 kg, Trofim Lomakin , USSR, 427.5 kg and Jean Debuf , France , 405 kg;
• 1955, 5th place ( 2nd place ), WM + EM in Munich , Ls, with 395 kg, behind Kono, 435 kg, Wassili Stepanow , USSR, 425 kg, James George , USA, 402.5 kg and Jalal Mansouri, Iran , 402.5 kg;
• 1956, 2nd place , EM in Helsinki , Ls, with 400 kg, behind Lomakin, 420 kg and in front of Günter Siebert , Germany , 377.5 kg;
• 1956, 6th place , OS in Melbourne , Ls, with 400 kg, winner: Kono, 447.5 kg ahead of Stepanow, 427.5 kg;
• 1957, 2nd place , EM in Katowice , Ls, with 402.5 kg, behind Matwiej Rudman, USSR, 422.5 kg and in front of Ireneusz Paliński , Poland , 400 kg,
• 1957, 5th place , World Championships in Tehran , Ls, with 400 kg, behind Lomakin, 450 kg, James George, 422.5 kg, Mansouri, 412.5 kg and Paliński, 407.5 kg:
• 1958, 4th place ( 3rd place ), WM + EM in Stockholm , Ms, with 417.5 kg, behind Arkady Vorobyov , USSR, 465 kg, Sheppard, 450 kg and Iwan Vesselinow, Bulgaria , 422.5 kg;
• 1959, 4th place ( 3rd place ), WM + EM in Warsaw , Ls, with 4021.5 kg, behind Rudolf Plukfelder , USSR, 457.5 kg, Palinski, 432.5 kg and James George, 417.5 kg ;
• 1960, unplaced, EM in Milan , Ls, with 3 failed attempts in pressing;
• 1961, 2nd place , Donau Cup in Munich , Ls, with 390 kg, behind Géza Tóth , Hungary , 420 kg and in front of Norbert Fehr, Germany, 372.5 kg;
• 1961, 8th place ( 6th place ), WM + EM in Vienna , Ls, with 402.5 kg, winner: Plukfelder, 450 kg ahead of Geza Toth, 432.5 kg

National successes

Václav Pšenička jun. was multiple Czechoslovakian champion and record holder in light heavy and middle heavyweight

Web links

• Václav Pšenička junior in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )