Vladimir Nikolaevich Belyayev

Vladimir Nikolajewitsch Beljajew ( Russian Владимир Николаевич Беляев ; born September 24, 1940 in Kiev ) is a former Soviet weightlifter .

Career

Vladimir Belyayev, a blond Ukrainian, practiced some other sports than weightlifting as a teenager, but then came into contact with weightlifting in the army . He was very talented for this and trained hard. When the first regional successes were achieved, Jakow Krinizki took over his training and quickly led him to the top of the Soviet Union. Already at the age of 22, Vladimir took third place in the Soviet middleweight championships (at that time up to 75 kg body weight). Later he grew into the light heavyweight (up to 82.5 kg body weight).

He also had his greatest successes in this weight class, as he became world and European champion and won the silver medal at the 1968 Olympic Games behind his compatriot Boris Selitski . He fought one of the most exciting fights in weightlifting history in 1966 at the World Championships in Berlin against the Hungarian Győző Veres . After the break both athletes were tied at 295 kg. But Vladimir Belyayev had the advantage of being a few hundred grams lighter than Veres. Veres then hit 180, 185 and the new world record of 190 kg, but Belyayev was able to add more and hit the same weight every time. His reward was the world and European championship with 485 kg. Interestingly, Vladimir Belyayev could never become a Soviet champion. The competition in his own country was extremely strong in his time.

International success

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

• 1962, 3rd place , Grand Prix of the USSR in Moscow , Wed, with 410 kg, behind Alexander Kurynow , USSR, 430 kg and Anatoly Shgun, USSR, 410 kg;
• 1963, 1st place , Grand Prix of the USSR in Moscow, Wed, with 415 kg, ahead of Hans Zdražila , CSSR , 412.5 kg and Mihály Huszka , Hungary , 410 kg;
• 1966, 1st place , Grand Prix of the USSR in Riga , Ls, with 465 kg, ahead of Sharipov, USSR, 457.5 kg and Alexander Kidjajew , USSR, 445 kg;
• 1966, 1st place , Baltic Cup, Ls, with 455 kg in front of Norbert Ozimek , Poland , 455 kg and Karl Arnold , GDR , 450 kg;
• 1966, 1st place , WM + EM in Berlin , Ls, with 485 kg, ahead of Győző Veres , Hungary , 485 kg and Zdražila, 465 kg;
• 1967, 2nd place , Grand Prix of the USSR in Tbilisi , Ls, with 457.5 kg, behind Choroschajew, USSR, 470 kg and in front of Sharipov, USSR, 457.5 kg;
• 1968, silver medal , OS in Mexico City , Ls, with 485 kg, behind Boris Selitski , USSR, 485 kg and in front of Ozimek, 472.5 kg and Veres, 472.5 kg;
• 1969, 1st place , Grand Prix of the USSR in Kiev , Ls, with 480 kg, ahead of Ozimek, 470 kg and Selizki, 462.5 kg;
• 1970, 2nd place , Grand Prix of Tehran , Ls, with 460 kg, behind Ozimek, 465 kg and in front of Purdebžan, Iran, 440 kg.

USSR championships

• 1962, 2nd place, Wed, with 417.5 kg, behind Chomchenko, 420 kg and in front of Kozlow, 410 kg;
• 1963, 3rd place, Wed, with 425 kg;
• 1964, 2nd place, Wed, with 432.5 kg;
• 1965, 2nd place, Wed, with 432.5 kg, behind Viktor Kurenzow , 450 kg and in front of Alexander Kurynow, 430 kg;
• 1966, 4th place, Ls, with 450 kg, behind Kochiew, 460 kg, Sharipov, 457.5 kg and Schum, 455 kg;
• 1968, 3rd place, Ls, with 460 kg, behind Kochniew, 470 kg and Selizki, 470 kg;
• 1969, 2nd place, Ls, with 467.5 kg, behind Vasili Kolotow , 470 kg and in front of Golubowitsch, 465 kg;
• 1972, 7th place, Ls, with 480 kg, winner: Boris Pavlov , 515 kg in front of Gennady Ivanchenko , 510 kg.

World records

in tears:

• 137.5 kg, 1962 in Tbilisi , Wed,
• 138 kg, 1962 in Veliko Tarnowo , Wed,
• 138.5 kg, 1963 in Podolsk , Wed,
• 140.5 kg, 1963 in Kaunas , Wed,
• 141 kg, 1965 in Sofia , Wed,
• 150.5 kg, 1968 in Mexico City , Ls.

in pushing:

• 175.5 kg, 1964 in Kiev , Wed,
• 176 kg, 1964 in Odessa , Wed,
• 176.5 kg, 1964 in Kiev, Wed,
• 178.5 kg, in 1965 in Zaporizhia ,
• 190 kg, 1966 in Berlin , Ls.

in the Olympic three-way battle:

• 485 kg, 1966 in Berlin, Ls.

Web link

• Brief portrait of Vladimir Belyayev