Viktor Grigoryevich Kurentsov

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Viktor Grigorjewitsch Kurenzow ( Russian Виктор Григорьевич Куренцов ; born April 15, 1941 in Vitebskaya Woblasz ) is a former Soviet weightlifter .

Career

Viktor Kurentsow grew up in Siberia and trained as a locksmith at the Novokuznetsk ironworks . He started lifting weights at the age of 17 and made good progress under his coach Yevgeny Jali. After joining the Soviet Army, progress continued because of the better training conditions. At the age of 21 he took part in the USSR championships for the first time in 1962 and took a good sixth place in the middleweight division (up to 75 kg body weight).

In 1963 he beat world champion Alexander Kurynov at the Moscow Grand Prix and was nominated for the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo . There he was surprisingly defeated in the fight for the gold medal by the Czech Hans Zdražila , who was in excellent shape . In the next few years he dominated the World Championships and made up in Mexico City in 1968 , what he had failed to do four years earlier, the Olympic victory . Although he still achieved top performances, the young Vladimir Kanygin was preferred to him at the World Championships in 1971 and the Olympic Games in 1972, who was knocked out of the game in Munich after three unsuccessful attempts. Viktor Kurenzow was a blond, handsome technician who lifted very elegantly and looked rather slim for a weightlifter.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, Wed = Middleweight)

  • 1964, 1st place , Grand Prix of Moscow , Wed, with 437.5 kg, ahead of Alexander Kurynow , USSR , 427.5 kg;
  • 1964, 1st place , EM in Moscow , Wed, with 445 kg, ahead of Hans Zdražila , CSSR , 425 kg and Werner Dittrich , GDR , 430 kg;
  • 1964, silver medal , OS in Tokyo , with, with 440 kg, behind Zdrazila, 445 kg and in front of Masushi Ōuchi , Japan, 437.5 kg;
  • 1965, 1st place , EM in Sofia , Wed, with 432.5 kg, ahead of Dittrich, 432.5 kg and Rolf Maier, France , 422.5 kg;
  • 1965, 1st place , World Championships in Tehran , Wed, with 437.5 kg, ahead of Dittrich, 437.5 kg and Kurynow, 432.5 kg;
  • 1966, 1st place , Grand Prix of Riga , Wed, with 447.5 kg, ahead of Vladimir Kaplunow , USSR, 442.5 kg and Konarow, Bulgaria, 407.5 kg;
  • 1966, 1st place , WM + EM in East Berlin , Wed, with 450 kg, ahead of Waldemar Baszanowski , Poland , 447.5 kg and Dittrich, 442.5 kg;
  • 1967, 1st place , Grand Prix of Tbilisi , Wed, with 465 kg, ahead of Bagocs, Hungary , 437.5 kg and Kaplunow, 435 kg;
  • 1968, 1st place , EM in Leningrad , Wed, with 462.5 kg, ahead of Smirnow, USSR, 460 kg and Dittrich, 445 kg;
  • 1968, gold medal , OS in Mexico City , Wed, with 475 kg, ahead of Ōuchi, 455 kg and Bakos, Hungary, 440 kg;
  • 1968 1st place, World Cup Mexico City
  • 1969, 1st place , WM + EM in Sofia , Wed, with 467.5 kg, ahead of Szarvas, Hungary, 440 kg and Mursu, Finland , 440 kg;
  • 1970, 1st place , EM in Szombathely , Wed, with 465 kg, ahead of Szarvas, 452.5 kg and Smirnow, 445 kg;
  • 1970, 1st place , World Championships in Columbus / USA , Wed, with 462.5 kg, ahead of Leif Jensen , Norway , 455 kg and Szarvas, 445 kg;
  • 1972, 2nd place , EM in Constanța , Wed, with 472.5 kg, behind Jordan Bikow, Bulgaria , 477.5 kg and in front of Anselmo Silvino, Italy, 460 kg.

USSR championships

  • 1962, 6th place, Wed, with 390 kg, winner: Khomchenko, 420 kg, ahead of Belyayev, 417.5 kg;
  • 1964, 1st place, Wed, with 437.5 kg, ahead of Kurynow, 432.5 kg;
  • 1965, 1st place, Wed, with 450 kg, ahead of Belyayev, 432.5 kg and Kurynow, 430 kg;
  • 1966, 1st place, Wed, with 435 kg, ahead of Kozlow, 435 kg and Kaplunow, 427.5 kg;
  • 1968, 1st place, Wed, with 462.5 kg, ahead of Smirnow, 455 kg and Pospelow, 435 kg;
  • 1969, 1st place, Wed, with 479 kg, ahead of Smirnow, 442.5 kg and Opriszo, 435 kg;
  • 1970, 1st place, Wed, with 472.5 kg, ahead of Smirnow, 455 kg and Majasin, 445 kg;
  • 1972, 1st place, Wed, with 477.5 kg, in front of Kolodkow, 477.5 kg and Michailow, 470 kg.

World records

(all world records were set in the middleweight division)

when pressing with both arms:

in two-armed thrusting:

  • 177.5 kg, in Moscow in 1965;
  • 178 kg, in Sofia in 1965;
  • 179 kg, 1966 in Kiev ;
  • 182 kg, 1966 in Berlin;
  • 183 kg, 1967 in Leningrad;
  • 185 kg, 1968 in Dubna;
  • 187.5 kg, born in Mexico City in 1968.

in the Olympic three-way battle:

  • 445 kg, 1964 in Moscow;
  • 450 kg, in Yerevan in 1965 ;
  • 460 kg, 1966 in Mexico City;
  • 465 kg, 1967 in Tbilisi;
  • 470 kg, 1967 in Mexico City;
  • 482.5 kg, 1968 in Dubna.
personal data
SURNAME Kurentsow, Viktor Grigoryevich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Куренцов, Виктор Григорьевич (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION soviet weightlifter
DATE OF BIRTH April 15, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Vitebskaya Woblasz