Powerful Flyweight Krishchishin

The cover photo of our History in Color series depicts Olympic press lift by brilliant Soviet flyweight Vladislav Krishchishin of Lvov, Ukraine.

Vladislav Krishchishin (1946-2001) was a World champion (1969), European Champion (1969, 1970) and USSR champion (1969).

He set 15 world records.

After retirement from sports, he worked as a dentist.

One more interesting fact from history. The table below dispays all world records in the press lift in the 52kg weight class:

WORLD RECORDS: PRESS LIFT (52kg Class)

YEAR	LOCATION	NATION	ATHLETE	RESULT KG
1969	Krivoy Rog		Adam GNATOV, Soviet Union	102.5
1969	Donetsk		Vladislav KRISHCHISHIN, Soviet Union	105.5
1969	Donetsk		Vladislav KRISHCHISHIN, Soviet Union	110.5
1969	Rostov		Vladislav KRISHCHISHIN, Soviet Union	111
1969	Tehran		Vladislav KRISHCHISHIN, Soviet Union	112
1969	Kiev		Vladislav KRISHCHISHIN, Soviet Union	112.5
1969	Warszawa		Vladislav KRISHCHISHIN, Soviet Union	113
1969	Lviv		Vladislav KRISHCHISHIN, Soviet Union	113.5
1970	Dnepropetrovsk		Adam GNATOV, Soviet Union	114
1971	Rostov/Don		Adam GNATOV, Soviet Union	114.5
1971	Moscow		Adam GNATOV, Soviet Union	115
1971	Voroshilovgrad		Adam GNATOV, Soviet Union	115.5
1971	Goteborg		Adam GNATOV, Soviet Union	116
1971	Erevan		Adam GNATOV, Soviet Union	116.5
1971	Erevan		Adam GNATOV, Soviet Union	117.5
1972	Ulm/Inn		Adam GNATOV, Soviet Union	118
1972	Ulm/Inn		Adam GNATOV, Soviet Union	120
1972	Riga		Adam GNATOV, Soviet Union	120.5

There were only two flyweigh athletes in the world records history of the Olympic press lift – Adam Gnatov and  Vladislav Krishchishin! Please note that both lived and competed for Lvov, Ukraine! Hope they didn’t live on the same street.

Previously in History in Color: Adam Gnatov

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