Vitaly Dwigun

Vitaly Dwigun ( Russian Виталий Двигун ; * 1935 ) is a former Soviet weightlifter .

Career

Vitaly Dwigun, who came from Stalino in Dagestan , developed towards the end of the 1950s into a serious rival for the "old warriors" Arkady Vorobyov and Vasily Stepanov, who dominated the middle heavyweight division in the Soviet Union . He was a member of the Soviet Army. His trainer was S. Trufanov. From 1958 to 1962 he placed in the front field several times at the Soviet championships. His greatest success was winning the 1960 European Championship in Rome .

International success

(EM = European Championship, Ls = light heavy weight, then up to 82.5 kg body weight, Ms = medium heavy weight, then up to 90 kg body weight, S = heavy weight, then up to 110 kg body weight, this weight class was only operated in the USSR at that time, internationally only from 1969)

• 1960, 1st place , EM in Milan , Ms, with 442.5 kg, ahead of Nikolow, Bulgaria , 417.5 kg and Lazăr Baroga , Romania , 417.5 kg;
• 1961, 3rd place , Grand Prix of the USSR , Ms, with 450 kg, behind Ireneusz Paliński , Poland , 460 kg, Wassili Stepanow , USSR, 457.5 kg and in front of Louis Martin , England , 447.5 kg.

National championships

• 1957, 1st place , Sportorg. "Spartak", Ls, with 417.5 kg before Datriew, 415 kg and Karew, a 410 kg;
• 1957, 1st place , team, Ms, with 422.5 kg, in front of Turukin, 420 kg;
• 1958, 2nd place , USSR, Ms, with 452.5 kg, behind Arkady Vorobyov , 460 kg and in front of Stepanov, 450 kg;
• 1959, 2nd place , USSR, Ms, with 455 kg, behind Vorobyov, 455 kg and in front of Stepanov, 450 kg;
• 1960, 2nd place , USSR team championship, Ms, with 450 kg, behind M. Rudman, 450 kg and in front of Stepanov, 442.5 kg;
• 1962, 2nd place , USSR, S, with 457.5 kg, behind Robert Scheiermann, 487.5 kg and in front of Romasenko, 452.5 kg.

World records

• 145.5 kg, tear, 1958 in Stalino , Ms,
• 149 kg, tear, 1961 in Tashkent , S,
• 189.5 kg, pushing, 1961 in Leningrad , p.

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Div. Issues of the specialist magazine "Athletik" from 1955 to 1965.

Web links

• Witali Dwigun in Top Lifters of the 20th Century