Vasily Matveevich Stepanov

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Wassili Matwejewitsch Stepanow ( Russian Василий Матвеевич Степанов , Latvian Vasīlijs Stepanovs ; born December 27, 1927 in Leningrad ; † April 8, 2011 ) was a Soviet weightlifter .

Career

Vasily Stepanov joined the Soviet Navy at a young age and was stationed in Riga . It was there that he began lifting weights as a member of Dinamo Riga . After long training he reached 335 kg in the Olympic three-way fight in 1951. In 1953 he took part in the Soviet championships for the first time and took an excellent 2nd place in the middleweight division with 377.5 kg. Later he grew into the light heavyweight (up to 82.5 kg body weight). In the mid-1950s, when Trofim Lomakin , who had previously been the undisputed leader of the Soviet light heavyweights, had problems with the association, he was used at the 1955 World Championships and the 1956 Olympic Games , where he both came second behind the then unbeatable current American Thomas Kono took. Vasily Stepanow was still active until 1963 and achieved a number of excellent placements, especially at the Soviet championships.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union , he opted for Latvia , took its citizenship and the name Vasīlijs Stepanovs .

International success

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

  • 1955, 2nd place (1st place) WM + EM in Munich , Ls, with 425 kg, behind Thomas Kono , USA , 435 kg and in front of James George , USA, 402.5 kg;
  • 1956, silver medal , OS in Melbourne , Ls, with 427.5 kg, behind Kono, 447.5 kg and in front of George, 417.5 kg;
  • 1959, 2nd place , Grand Prix of the USSR in Moscow , Ms, with 445 kg,
  • 1960, 2nd place , Grand Prix of the USSR in Moscow , Ms, with 445 kg, behind Ireneusz Paliński , Poland , 445 kg and in front of Krylatow, USSR, 432.5 kg;
  • 1961, 2nd place , Grand Prix of the USSR in Moscow, Ms, with 457.5 kg, behind Palinski, 460 kg, and in front of Vitaly Dwigun , USSR, 450 kg and Louis Martin , England , 447.5 kg;
  • 1962, 1st place , Grand Prix of the USSR in Moscow, Ms, with 460 kg, in front of Eduard Browko , USSR, 450 kg and Pegow, USSR, 437.5 kg.

USSR championships

(unless otherwise stated)

  • 1952, 3rd place , RSFSR championship, Wed, weighed 362.5 kg, behind Fjodor Bogdanowski , 365 kg and Eisenstadt, 365 kg;
  • 1953, 2nd place , Wed, with 377.5 kg, behind Yuri Duganow , 387.5 kg and in front of Vladimir Pushkarev , 372.5 kg;
  • 1955, 2nd place , Ls, with 410 kg, behind Trofim Lomakin , 432.5 kg and in front of Novik, 405 kg;
  • 1956, 1st place , Ls, with 427.5 kg, ahead of Pegow, 420 kg and Rudolf Plukfelder , 417.5 kg;
  • 1958, 3rd place , Ms, with 450 kg, behind Arkady Vorobyov , 460 kg and Dwigun, 452.5 kg;
  • 1959, 3rd place , Ms, with 450 kg, behind Vorobjow, 455 kg and Dwigun, 452.5 kg;
  • 1959, 1st place , "Dynamo" championship, Ms, with 442.5 kg, ahead of Inin, 407.5 kg;
  • 1960, 4th place , Ms, with 445 kg, behind Lomakin, 457.5 kg, Vorobyov, 455 kg and Rudman, 445 kg;
  • 1962, 2nd place , Ms, with 452.5 kg, behind Eduard Browko, 455 kg and in front of Pegow, 447.5 kg.

World records

(all achieved in middle heavyweight)

In pressing:

  • 150 kg, 1958 in Alushta ,
  • 150.5 kg, 1958 in Riga ,
  • 153 kg, 1958 in Moscow ,
  • 154 kg, 1959 in Riga,
  • 159.5 kg, 1962 in Prague .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mūžībā aizgājis olimpiskais vicečempions svarcelšanā Vasīlijs Stepanovs (Delfi Sports, April 11, 2011, Latvian, viewed April 12, 2011)

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personal data
SURNAME Stepanow, Vasily Matveyevich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Степанов, Матвеевич Василий (Russian); Stepanovs, Vasīlijs (Latvian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION soviet weightlifter
DATE OF BIRTH December 27, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Leningrad
DATE OF DEATH April 8, 2011