Nikolay Kolesnikov (weightlifter)

Nikolai Alexeyevich Kolesnikov (Russian Николай Алексеевич Колесников, English transcription Nikolay Kolesnikov, . * February 15, 1952 in Naratli, Tatarstan, Soviet Union) is a former Soviet weightlifter. He was 1976 Olympic champion in the featherweight

Career

Nikolai Kolesnikov, Tatar origin began as a teenager with weight lifting and started for Trud Rostov -on-Don. It has evolved over the years into a world-class athlete in the featherweight, the weight category up to 60 kg body weight. However, the first result that is known of him, he still scored as Bantamgewichtler ( to 56 kg body weight. He finished 1973 with a weightlifting tournament in Sochi in this weight class 235 kg in 3rd place behind Vladimir Anikin, 250 kg and Rafael Belenkow, 242.5 kg, bde. USSR.

In 1974, Nikolai Kolesnikov, now moved up to the featherweight, at the Soviet Championship due to an injury not start. He won the Baltic Cup in Växjö / Sweden 275 kg ( 120-155 ) in a duel and was then used at the World Championships in Manila. He reached there 277.5 kg ( 120 to 157.5 ) and had in the duel just the Bulgarians Georgi Todorov, who reached 280 kg, bend, while he sent the Olympic champion from 1972 Norair Nurikjan from Bulgaria to 3rd place.

1975 Nikolai Kolesnikov won his first Soviet Championship title with 280 kg ( 120-160 ). This year he scored in bumping with 160.5 kg also his first world record he improved it even to 161 kg, and in the same year to 161.5 kg. At the World Cup and European Championship this year in Moscow, but he had to deal with 277.5 kg ( 125 to 152.5 ) Georgi Todorov again, who scored 285 kg, suffers defeat. However, he was Vice World and European champions.

In the Olympic year 1976, he was first to his Soviet masters featherweight title not defend. He raised at this championship 275 kg ( 120-155 ) and had to Vladimir Golovko, who also reached 275 kg, but a little lighter than he was, to defer them. For this he won at the European Championships this year in Berlin (East) with 282.5 kg ( 122.5 to 160 ) before the Bulgarians Todor Todorov, 280 kg, and Georgi Todorov, 277.5 kg. This was his first title at an international championship. This victory was soon followed by the Olympic victory in Montreal. He won there in spring weight 285 kg ( 125-160 ) before his main rival Georgi Todorov, 280 kg and Kazumusa Hirai from Japan, 275 kg.

1977 Nikolai Kolesnikov was the second time Soviet featherweight champion. He needed to just 275 kg ( 122.5 to 152.5 ) and won so clearly ahead of Vladimir Sasanow, 265 kg, and Vadim Baboschin, 265 kg. In the World and European Championships in Stuttgart he met a new rival from Bulgaria, Janko Rusew. He defeated this 280 kg ( 122.5 to 157.5 ) to 277.5 kg. Janko Rusew was one of the most successful weightlifter of all time in the light and middle weight in the next few years.

For Nikolai Kolesnikov then came the highly successful for him in 1978 and 1979. He lost in those two years initially no competition and in 1978 and 1979 respectively Soviet champion at 280 kg and 282.5 kg. He also was in 1978 in Havirov European champion with the duel world record of 290 kg ( 125-165 ) and in Gettysburg and world champion, where he 270 kg ( 117.5 to 152.5 ) were sufficient in a duel to win the title. In 1979 he was in Varna with 292.5 kg ( 127.5 to 165 ), which in turn meant duel world record, again European masters, and had thereby Georgi Todorov to 20 kg behind. At the World Championships in 1979 in Salonika he came in the snatch at 125 kg, and then failed in pushing three times its initial weight of 157.5 kg. So He scored no duel power and remained unplaced.

At the beginning of 1980, Nikolai Kolesnikov won in a competition in Podolsk featherweight 275 kg ( 127.5 to 147.5 ) in a duel. With this match but he was injured in further attempts in pushing so hard that it turned out for all other competitions of the year 1980 and thus missed his participation in the Olympic Games in Moscow.

Nikolai Kolesnikov then took after recovering his weightlifting career no longer on. He completed a coaching education and was for many years long coach in Soviet or the Russian weightlifting federation. For several years he was responsible for the Russian junior team in the 1990s.

International success

WM EM individual medals

  • World Championship gold medals: 1974/Stoßen/Feder - 1976/Stoßen/Feder - 1977/Reißen/Feder - 1977/Stoßen/Feder
  • World Championship silver medals: 1979/Reißen/Feder
  • World Cup bronze medals: 1978/Stoßen/Feder
  • European gold medals: 1975/Reißen/Feder - 1976/Stoßen/Feder - 1977/Reißen/Feder - 1977/Stoßen/Feder - 1978/Reißen/Feder - 1978/Stoßen/Feder
  • EM- Silver medals: 1979/Reißen/Feder
  • EM bronze medals: 1975/Stoßen/Feder -

1976/Reißen/Feder

Soviet Championships

World Records

Notes

  • All competitions in a duel, consisting of tearing and piercing,
  • OS = The Olympic Games,
  • WM = World Championship,
  • EM = European Championship,
  • Bantamweight, then to 56 kg body weight,
  • Featherweight, then up to 60 kg body weight

Swell

  • Journal athletics,
  • Website " www.sport- komplett.de "
  • Website " www.chidlovski.net "
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