Leonid Taranenko
Taranenko at 1980 Moscow Olympics
Personal information
Born (1956-06-13) June 13, 1956
Malaryta, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1980 Moscow110 kg
World Weightlifting Championships
Bronze medal – third place1979 Saloniki110 kg
Gold medal – first place1980 Moscow110 kg
Silver medal – second place1987 Ostrava+110 kg
Gold medal – first place1990 Budapest+110 kg
European Weightlifting Championships
Gold medal – first place1980 Beograd110 kg
Silver medal – second place1985 Katowice+110 kg
Silver medal – second place1986 Karl-Marx-Stadt+110 kg
Gold medal – first place1988 Cardiff+110 kg
Bronze medal – third place1990 Aalborg+110 kg
Gold medal – first place1991 Wladyslawowo+110 kg
USSR Weightlifting Championships
Bronze medal – third place1977 Ratov Na Donu110 kg
Gold medal – first place1979 Leningrad110 kg
Gold medal – first place1983 Moscow110 kg
Gold medal – first place1987 Arkhangelsk+110 kg
Bronze medal – third place1989 Frunze+110 kg
Summer Spartakiad of the Soviet Union
Gold medal – first place1979 Leningrad110 kg
Gold medal – first place1983 Moscow110 kg
Cup of the Soviet Union
Gold medal – first place1981 Donetsk110 kg
Gold medal – first place1982 Moscow110 kg
Gold medal – first place1986 Lipetsk+110 kg
Representing the  Unified Team
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place1992 Barcelona+110 kg
Representing  Belarus
European Weightlifting Championships
Gold medal – first place1996 Stavanger+108 kg

Leonid Arkadevich Taranenko (Russian: Леонид Аркадьевич Тараненко, born June 13, 1956) is a former Soviet/Belarusian weightlifter and coach.[1] His 266 kg clean and jerk in 1988 was the heaviest lift in competition for 33 years, until Lasha Talakhadze exceeded it, lifting 267 at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships.

Weightlifting career

Taranenko in 1986

Taranenko trained at VSS Uradzhai in Minsk. His first major success took place at the 1980 Olympics, when, competing for the Soviet Union, he won the gold medal in the 110 kilogram class with a 422.5 kg total.

He was unable to compete in the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles due to the Soviet boycott, but competed in the 1984 Friendship Games, where he won the 110 kg class with a world record total of 442.5 kg, exceeding the winning total in Los Angeles (by Norberto Oberburger) by 52.5 kg.

After this, Taranenko moved up to the super-heavyweight class. Lifting in Canberra, Australia on November 26, 1988, he set a world record of 266 kg in the clean and jerk, and 476 kg in the total, having lifted 210 kg in the snatch.

While these results are no longer recognized as official world records due to subsequent restructuring of the competitive weight classes (in 1993, 1998 and 2018), as of 2019, his 266 kg clean and jerk remained the highest ever achieved in competition till broken December 2021 by Lasha Talakhadze’s 267 kg, while his total of 476 kg remained the highest ever achieved until broken by Lasha Talakhadze of Georgia at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships while also setting the new clean and jerk record of 264 kg for the restructured weight classes. He achieved this by breaking Hossein Rezazadeh's world record from 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens for 263.5 kg.

In 1992, Taranenko represented the Unified Team at the Olympics in Barcelona. He took the silver medal in the super-heavyweight class with a total of 425 kg.

Taranenko's other victories include the 110 kg class titles at the 1980 World and European championships, and super-heavyweight titles at the 1990 World championship and 1988, 1991, and 1996 European championships.

Taranenko has served as a coach for female weightlifters in India.

Career bests

  • Snatch: 210 kg in the class over 110 kg
  • Clean and jerk: 266 kg (No longer an official world record due to restructuring of weight classes)
  • Total: 442.5 kg (200 + 242.5) 1984 in Varna in the class to 110 kg
  • Total: 476 kg (210 + 266),[2] in Canberra, Australia on November 26, 1988, in the class over 110 kg.
  • Back Squat: 380 kg with a two-second pause at rock-bottom
  • Front Squat: 300 kg for a triple
  • Olympic Press: 230 kg

[3] [4]

Major result

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
1980Soviet Union Moscow, Soviet Union110 kg182.5182.519022202352401422.51st place, gold medalist(s)
1992Spain Barcelona, Spain+110 kg187.5187.5--2232.5237.5242.524252nd place, silver medalist(s)
1996United States Atlanta, United States+108 kg--------------------
World Championships
1979Greece Thessaloniki, Greece110 kg175182.52nd place, silver medalist(s)2205402.53rd place, bronze medalist(s)
1980Soviet Union Moscow, Soviet Union110 kg182.5182.51902nd place, silver medalist(s)2202352401st place, gold medalist(s)422.51st place, gold medalist(s)
1985Sweden Södertälje, Sweden+110 kg1853rd place, bronze medalist(s)232.55417.54
1986Bulgaria Sofia, Bulgaria+110 kg2002nd place, silver medalist(s)------
1987Czechoslovakia Ostrava, Czechoslovakia+110 kg202.53rd place, bronze medalist(s)245257.5265.51st place, gold medalist(s)467.52nd place, silver medalist(s)
1990Hungary Budapest, Hungary+110 kg1951st place, gold medalist(s)2551st place, gold medalist(s)4501st place, gold medalist(s)
1993Australia Melbourne, Australia+108 kg1851901954232.5242.5--5422.54
European Championships
1980Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Belgrade, Yugoslavia110 kg1901st place, gold medalist(s)2301st place, gold medalist(s)4201st place, gold medalist(s)
1985Poland Katowice, Poland+110 kg1852nd place, silver medalist(s)2301st place, gold medalist(s)4152nd place, silver medalist(s)
1986East Germany Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany+110 kg1952nd place, silver medalist(s)242.51st place, gold medalist(s)437.52nd place, silver medalist(s)
1988United Kingdom Cardiff, United Kingdom+110 kg207.51st place, gold medalist(s)2552nd place, silver medalist(s)462.51st place, gold medalist(s)
1990Denmark Ålborg, Denmark+110 kg2052nd place, silver medalist(s)247.53rd place, bronze medalist(s)452.53rd place, bronze medalist(s)
1991Poland Władysławowo, Poland+110 kg2001st place, gold medalist(s)247.51st place, gold medalist(s)447.51st place, gold medalist(s)
1996Norway Stavanger, Norway+108 kg180180182.52nd place, silver medalist(s)220227.5232.52nd place, silver medalist(s)4151st place, gold medalist(s)
USSR Weightlifting Championships
Summer Spartakiad of the Soviet Union
Cup of the Soviet Union

References

  1. ↑ "IWRP Profile". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-10-30.
  2. ↑ While Taranenko actually lifted 476 kg, the total was normalized to the standard interval of 2.5 kg under the rules at the time, being recorded as 475 kg in the competition results.
  3. ↑ "Leonid Taranenko". Lift Up. Archived from the original on 2009-04-25. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
  4. ↑ "Leonid Taranenko Interview".
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