Happy Training Camp in 1981
Another group shot of Team CCCP weightlifting is showing the national team in the training camp in Crimea in 1981.
This time, the photo session occasion was the visit of legendary dancer and artist Makhmoud Esambaev (1924-200o).
Top row (L-R):
Alexander Pervy (75kg, Donetsk), Victor Sots (100kg, Donetsk), n/a, Petr Alaev (coach), n/a, Yury Nozdrin (team doctor),, n/a, Oleg Pisarevsky (coach), Sultan Rakhmanov (110+kg, Dnepropetrovsk), n/a, Alexander Rykov (coach), Anatoly Pisarenko (110+kg, Kiev), n/a, Eduard Brovko (coach), Vyacheslav Klokov (110kg, Malakhovka), n/a (coach).
Mid row (L-R):
Sergey Arakelov (100kg, Krasnodar), Oxen Mirzoyan (56kg, Yerevan), Yurik Sarkisyan (60kg, Echmiadzin), Yurik Vardanyan (90kg, Leninakan), Makhmoud Esambaev, Alexander Prilepin (head coach), Gennady Bessonov (90kg, Shakhty), Semyon Itkin (coach), Avset Avsetov (67.5kg, Moscow)
Front row (L-R):
Gennady Baldin (massage therapist), Viktor Mazin (60kg, Shakhtinsk), Kanybek Osmanaliev (52kg, Frunze), Valentin Polonsky (52kg, Moscow) , Nikolay Zakharov (56kg, Kemerovo), Israil Arsamakov (82.5kg, Grozny), Viktor Naumenkov (coach), Yury Zakharevich (90kg, Dimitrivgrad)
For more more info, please follow the link associated with the athlete’s name. Digital enhancement of the photo was completed by Arthur Chidlovski for Lift Up project.
USSR Championships
Weight | Class | Name | Total (kg) |
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52 | Flyweight | Valentin POLONSKY, Army Moscow | 245 |
56 | Bantamweight | Nikolay ZAKHAROV, Trud Kemerovo | 275 |
60 | Featherweight | Vladimir GOLOVKO, Dynamo Novosibirsk | 290 |
67.5 | Lightweight | Avset AVSETOV, Army Moscow | 325 |
75 | Middleweight | Alexander PERVY, Army Donetsk | 355 |
82.5 | Light Heavyweight | Israil ARSAMAKOV, Dynamo Grozny | 375 |
90 | Middle Heavyweight | Yurik VARDANYAN, Army Leninakan | 402.5 |
100 | Sub Heavyweight | Viktor SOTS, Dynamo Donetsk | 410 |
110 | Heavyweight | Valery KRAVCHUK, Burevestnik Krivoy Rog | 415 |
110+ | Super Heavyweight | Sultan RAKHMANOV, Avangard Dnepropetrovsk | 440 |
Note: To view a complete list of the winners in the weight classes above,
please follow the link associated with the weight class.