Grachev

History in Color:
World records holder, 3x USSR champion (1983, 1984, 1987), USSR Spartakiad champion (1983), 3x USSR Cup winner (1982, 1983, 1985), 3x clean-and-jerk USSR champion and 6x USSR snatch champion, lightweight Vladimir Grachev of Tver, Russia wins the 1984 USSR championship in Minsk, Belarus.

On his way to the national title in 1984, Grachev set a world record in snatch and national record in total.

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