Aleksandr Kurynov

Alexander Pavlovich Kurynow (Russian Александр Павлович Курынов; * July 8, 1934, † 30 November 1973) was a Soviet weightlifter.

Career

Alexander Kurynow came the age of twenty in Kazan for weightlifting. He was very talented and made ​​rapid progress. In 1958, he underwent a second place finish at the Soviet Championships for the first time sustained attention. In the late 1950s it became apparent that Fyodor Bogdanowski that the Soviet Union had represented since 1954 in all World Championships and the 1956 Olympic Games, had weight problems. In addition, they were dissatisfied with him on the part of the association's management because it only once the U.S. starter Thomas Kono and Peter George had six championships can beat. Most promising candidate for the succession Bogdanowskis Alexander Kurynow proved. He beat out several competitors and was nominated for the 1960 Olympics in Rome. There he promptly won the gold medal and beat Thomas Kono. In the next few years he was then the dominant male in the middleweight class, until he was replaced by his compatriot Viktor Kurenzow.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, European Championship EM =, Mi = middleweight)

USSR Championships

World Records

(all world records in the middleweight division, ie up to 75 kg body weight, has been erected)

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In beidarmigen Launched:

In Olympic triathlon:

• 437.5 kg, 1960 in Rome,
• 440 kg, 1960 in Moscow,
• 442.5 kg, 1960 in Kazan,
• 447.5 kg, 1964 in Vladivostok.