Leonid Taranenko
History in Color:
March 5, 1982, Frunze, Kirgizia – 1980 Olympic champion Leonid Taranenko of Minsk, Belarus competes in the clean-and-jerk program of the heavyweight class at the 1982 Friendship Cup in Frunze.
As of today, Taranenko remains the author of the heaviest weight ever lifted by Olympic weightlifters in the official competitions – 266kg cj world record set almost 30 years ago in Canberra, Australia on November 26, 1988.