Valeryj Sharyj

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Valeryj Pjatrovich Scharyj ( Belarusian Валерый Пятровіч Шарый , often Russian Валерий Петрович Шарий / Valeri Petrovich Schari ; born January 2, 1947 in Tscherwen near Minsk ) is a single former Soviet weightlifter .

Career

Sharyj began lifting weights in the Soviet Army , where he had worked his way up to an officer. He was of Jewish origin. Since he was very talented, he made rapid progress. However, he was active at a time when the competition in his own country was particularly fierce. Around 1970, no fewer than seven Soviet weightlifters were fighting ( Boris Selitsky , Gennady Ivanchenko , Vladimir Belyayev , Dawid Rigert , Boris Pavlov , and Vladimir Ryschenkovand just Valeryj Scharyj) for supremacy in the light heavyweight division. No wonder that as a result, no one managed to stay at the top for a longer period of time. The exceptions were David Rigert, who soon switched to a higher weight class, and Valeryj Scharyj. At his first international start, the 1969 World Cup, Valeryj Sharyj disappointed the expectations of his team leadership. It was only used again in 1972 at a major international championship, the Olympic Games in Munich. There he failed again with three unsuccessful attempts to press. Nevertheless, he did not let himself get down and achieved his greatest successes in 1975 and 1976, because he became Olympic, world and European champions. After 1978 he switched to the middle heavyweight division due to weight problems, but the competition in this weight class was just as strong in his own country as in the light heavyweight division. Nevertheless, he still achieved some nice successes.

After finishing his playing days, Valeryj Scharyj became a successful coach.

International successes / all-around

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, Ls = light heavyweight, Ms = middle 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)

  • 1969, 1st place , Baltic Cup Zinnowitz , Ls, with 480 kg, ahead of Boris Selizki , USSR , 477.5 kg and Pietruszek, Poland , 442.5 kg;
  • 1969, 5th place ( 4th place ), WM + EM in Sofia , Ls, with 472.5 kg, behind Masushi Ōuchi , Japan , 487.5 kg, Károly Bakos, Hungary , 487.5 kg, Seltzki, 482, 5 kg and Norbert Ozimek , Poland, 475 kg;
  • 1970, 2nd place , Int. Tournament in Dnepropetrovsk , Ls, with 487.5 kg, behind Selitski, 492.5 kg and in front of Pipiridi, USSR, 472.5 kg;
  • 1972, 1st place , pre-Olymp. Tournament in Ulm , Ls, with 492.5 kg, ahead of Ozimek, 490 kg and Kaarlo Kangasniemi , Finland , 490 kg;
  • 1972, unplaced , OS in Munich , after three unsuccessful attempts to press
  • 1973, 1st place , Spartakiade of the social armies, Ms, with 350 kg, in front of Ozimek, 345 kg and Atanas Schopow, Bulgaria , 330 kg;
  • 1975, 1st place, Int. Tournament in Zaporozhye , Ls, with 355 kg, ahead of Gennady Ivanchenko , USSR, 342.5 kg and Gennady Bessonov , USSR, 342.5 kg;
  • 1975, 1st place , World Cup in Moscow , Ls, with 357.5 kg, ahead of Trendafil Stojtschew , Bulgaria, 357.5 kg, Avellan, Finland, 350 kg and Rolf Milser , Germany , 347.5 kg;
  • 1976, 1st place , EM in Berlin , Ls, with 367.5 kg, ahead of Blagoj Blagoew , Bulgaria, 365 kg and Trendafil Stojtschew, 365 kg;
  • 1976, gold medal , OS in Montreal , Ls, with 365 kg, ahead of Blagoj Blagoew, 362.5 kg and Trendafil Stojtschew, 360 kg; Blagoew was subsequently disqualified for doping,
  • 1978, 1st place , Int. Tournament in Farg'ona , Ms, with 380 kg, ahead of Adam Saidulajew , USSR, 372.5 kg;
  • 1979, 1st place , Grand Prix of the USSR in Leningrad , Ms, with 382.5 kg, ahead of Mowsarow, USSR, 370 kg and Rehus, Hungary , 355 kg;
  • 1979, 3rd place , EM in Varna , Ms, with 370 kg, behind Milser, 382.5 kg and Péter Baczakó , Hungary, 370 kg;
  • 1979, 1st place , SKDA Championship, Ms, with 367.5 kg, ahead of Gugawa, Poland, 342.5 kg and Komarezki, Bulgaria, 340 kg;
  • 1980, 2nd place , EM, Ms, behind Rumen Alexandrow, Bulgaria and in front of Gennady Bessonow, USSR.

Medals individual disciplines

2 × WM gold, 2 × WM silver, 1 × EM gold, 5 × EM silver.

USSR championships

  • 1971, 4th place , Ls, with 490 kg, behind Ivanchenko, 500 kg, Selitzki, 495 kg and Boris Pavlov , 490 kg;
  • 1975, 1st place , Ls, with 365 kg, in front of Pavlov, 347.5 kg and Kalashnikov, 342.5 kg;
  • 1977, 1st place , Ls, with 362.5 kg;
  • 1978, 1st place , Ls, with 362.5 kg;
  • 1979, 1st place , Ms, with 390 kg, ahead of Bessonow, 377.5 kg and Zhgun, 367.5 kh.

World records

(all achieved in light heavyweight)

in pressing:

in tears:

  • 156.5 kg, 1972 in Riga ,
  • 158.5 kg, 1973 in Riga,
  • 160.5 kg, 1973 in Donetsk ,
  • 165.5 kg, 1975 in Vilnius .

in pushing:

  • 203 kg, 1975 in Zaporizhia,
  • 203.5 kg, 1975 in Vilnius,
  • 204.5 kg, 1976 in Tula .

in the Olympic three-way battle:

  • 510 kg, 1971 in Yerevan ,
  • 517.5 kg, 1972 in Moscow,
  • 522.5 kg, 1972 in Moscow,
  • 527.5 kg, 1972 in Moscow,
  • 367.5 kg, 1976 in Berlin.

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personal data
SURNAME Sharyj, Valeryj
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Валеры Шары (Belarusian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION soviet weightlifter
DATE OF BIRTH January 2, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Cherven near Minsk