Anatoly Grigor'evich Pisarenko (, , Anatoliy Hryhorovych Pysarenko; born January 10, 1958) is a former Soviet Olympic weightlifter from Ukraine. Along with Aleksandr Kurlovich, he became better known in 1985 due to the international scandal when both of them were caught by the Canadian customs in possession of steroids.
He was born in Kyiv, where he trained at the local Dynamo.
Pisarenko held multiple world records in the snatch and clean and jerk, and was named weightlifting's "most iconic athlete" by Weightlifting House in 2023. After Pisarenko was caught with Aleksandr Kurlovich, he was given a lifetime ban by the Soviet Weightlifting Federation. None of the Soviet people were allowed to travel freely on their own, only on the government (official) arrangements.
After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Anatoliy Pysarenko was the chairman of the Ukrainian Federation of Powerlifting from 1994 to 2012. From 2002 to 2005, he was elected as the People's Deputy of Ukraine (affiliated). In the Verkhovna Rada, he became a member of the Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united) parliamentary faction.
Major results
YearVenueWeight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank123Rank123RankWorld Championships1981 Lille, France +110 kg 187.5237.54251982 Ljubljana, SFR Yugoslavia +110 kg 197.5247.54451983 Moscow, Soviet Union +110 kg 205245450European Championships1984 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain +110 kg 200250450 This tournament was counted as European Weightlifting Championships of the corresponding year.
World records by Anatoly Pisarenko He set thirteen World records in career. YearLift typeResultWeight classLocation1981Snatch201.5 kgSuper heavyweightPodolsk1981Total (2)447.5 kgSuper heavyweightPodolsk1982Snatch202.5 kgSuper heavyweightDnipropetrovsk1982Clean and jerk258.0 kgSuper heavyweightFrunze1982Clean and jerk258.5 kgSuper heavyweightDnipropetrovsk1982Total (2)450.0 kgSuper heavyweightFrunze1982Total (2)455.0 kgSuper heavyweightFrunze1982Total (2)457.5 kgSuper heavyweightDnipropetrovsk1983Snatch203.0 kgSuper heavyweightOdessa1983Snatch205.0 kgSuper heavyweightMoscow1983Snatch206.0 kgSuper heavyweightMoscow1983Clean and jerk260.5 kgSuper heavyweightAllentown1984Clean and jerk265.0 kgSuper heavyweightVarna
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