Yury Zaitsev

Yuri Konstantinovich Zaytsev (Russian Юрий Константинович Зайцев, scientific transliteration Yuri Konstantinović Zajcev; born January 17, 1951 in Pobedino, Sakhalin Oblast ) is a former Soviet weightlifter. He was Olympic champion in 1976 and world champion in 1978 in the category up to 110 kg.

Career

Zaitsev grew up in the Sakhalin Oblast in Pobedino. When he was 10 years old, his parents moved with him to the former SSR Kazakhstan and were based in Karaganda. In Karaganda, he attended high school and was there for the first time intensively in contact sports. At the age of 14, he began with the weight lifting. His first trainer was Vladimir Netschipurenko, who looked after him for many years. He won in the next few years as Junior Championships some of the regions Karaganda and Omsk. In 1971 he was drafted into the Red Army.

In 1972 he scored in the Olympic triathlon, which consisted of the beidarmigen Press, Snatch and jerk with 540 kg a performance that gave him the Connecting to the top of the Soviet weightlifter in the 2nd heavyweight. From 1973, there was only one more duel, because the press has been deleted. In 1974, he was inducted into the Soviet national team of weightlifters. In 1976 he moved with his trainer for better training conditions because according to Dnepropetrovsk.

In 1973, he finished in the Soviet Junior Championship (U 23) in the second heavyweight with 345 kg 3rd place. In 1974, he was then in the same weight class Soviet Junior Champion (U 23) 362.5 kg. In the same year he was first employed in an international championship, the World Cup in Manila. He arrived there in 2 heavyweight in the duel 367.5 kg, and finished with this power behind his compatriot Valery Ustjuschin (390 kg) and Jürgen Ciezki from the GDR ( 377.5 kg ) 3rd place.

In the Soviet Championship of seniors in 1975, he reached the second place in the second heavyweight behind Vasiliy Moscheikow with 387.5 kg ( 165 to 222.5 ). He came in this year, no further operations in the national team anymore, but finished with a large Soviet Tournament in Zaporozhye the first place, in which he scored 390 kg ( 167.5 to 222.5 ). In another national tournament in Moscow in 1975, he scored in the 2nd heavy weight of 235 kg in the jerk and 405 kg in single combat two new world records.

In 1976 Zaitsev first Soviet Championship in the 2nd heavy weight 395 kg ( 172.5 to 222.5 ) in single combat, thanks to the lower body weight before Valeri Falew which he scored 395 kg, and former world champion Pawel Perwuschin, the, 387 5 kg was. This victory earned him starting places at the European Championships 1976 in Berlin (East) and at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal. In Berlin, he reached 400 kg ( 172.5 to 227.5 ) in a duel, but had to be the only 20 -year-old Bulgarian " miracle lifter " Valentin Hristov struck against, won the 415 kg ( 185-230 ). In Montreal won first Valentin Christow 400 kg ( 175-225 ) gold before Zaitsev, who scored 385 kg ( 165-220 ). Shortly after the competition Christow but was detected doping. He was disqualified and Zaitsev proclaimed Olympic champion.

In 1977, the World and European Championships take place in Stuttgart. aizew was there again in the 2nd heavy weight at the start. He arrived in Stuttgart in a duel 395 kg ( 170-225 ) and had thus Valentin Hristov, give 405 kg, beaten, who was allowed to start a short doping suspension in Stuttgart again. The third place went to Stuttgart in his old rival Jürgen Ciezki from the GDR, which reached 390 kg.

In the Soviet Cup in 1978, he was beaten, who also scored 395 kg, but was a little lighter than Zaitsev to 395 kg ( 170-225 ) Vasily Kusnitschenko. The International Championships of 1978 but Zaitsev was used. At the European Championships in Havirov posted this in the 2nd heavy weight 402.5 kg ( 177.5 to 225 ) and won so clearly before Jürgen Ciezki who came to 380 kg. The same result was also made in the World Cup this year in Gettysburg. He scored in a duel again 402.5 kg ( 172.5 to 230 ) and won so again before Jürgen Ciezki, the reach 385 kg.

In 1979, Zaitsev occupied at the Soviet Championship in the 2nd heavyweight behind the comet had come to the front Belarusians Leonid Taranenko (410 kg) and the young Sergei Arakelow ( 407.5 kg ) with 395 kg only the 3rd place. But he was still employed at the European Championships in Varna and got there at 400 kg ( 172.5 to 227.5 ) the European title before Drandarow, Bulgaria and Peter Käks from the GDR. At the World Championships of 1979 in the 2nd heavyweight Taranenko and Arakelow were used.

In 1980, the Soviet participants were determined at the Olympic Games in Moscow in a competition in Podolsk. Zaitsev had brought in an excellent form and scored in this competition, the new personal best of 410 kg ( 172.5 to 237.5 ). He was with this performance but behind Leonid Taranenko, who scored 415 kg, only 2 winners. For this reason it was preferred in Moscow Leonid Tarananko. He was not used at the European Championships 1980 in Belgrade.

Zaitsev then ended his career as a weightlifter. About his future is not known.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, European Championship EM =, 2S = 2 heavyweight (up to 110 kg body weight) )

USSR Championships

World Cup individual medals

Gold Medals: 1976/Stoßen, 1977/Stoßen, 1978/Stoßen;
Silver medals: 1978/Reißen;
Bronze medals: 1974/Reißen, 1974/Stoßen, 1977/Reißen.

EM individual medals

Gold Medals: 1977/Stoßen, 1978/Reißen, 1978/Stoßen, 1979/Stoßen;
Silver medals: 1976/Reißen, 1976/Stoßen, 1978/Reißen;
Bronze medals: 1977/Reißen, 1979/Reißen.

World Records

Swell

Journal athletics numbers: 6/1973, 10/ 1974 8/1976 9/ 1976 1/1977, 11/10/1977, 1 /1978, 5/1978, 7/1978, 11 /1978, 7/1979, 3/1980 4/ 1980.
Database of the Institute for Applied Training Science at the University of Leipzig.
Website " sports123.com "

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