Mikhail Koklyaev

Mikhail Koklyaev
Mikhail Koklyaev
Born Mikhail Koklyaev
Russia Russia
Occupation Olympic-style weightlifting Strongman Powerlifting
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight 350 lb (160 kg)
Competition record
Strongman
Competitor for  Russia
World's Strongest Man
3rd 2010 World's Strongest Man
Fortissimus
6th 2008
5th 2009
Arnold Strongman Classic
3rd 2006
5th 2007
3rd 2008
2nd 2009
4th 2010
IFSA Strongman World Championships
3rd 2005
2nd 2006
2nd 2007
IFSA World Open
1st 2005
IFSA World Team Championships
3rd 2005 Team World
2nd 2007 Team Russia
Strongman Champions League
1st 2009 Serbia
1st 2009 Holland
1st 2010 Germany
1st 2010 Finland
2nd 2010 Holland
3rd 2010 Ukraine
3rd 2010 Overall
World Log Lift Championships
2nd 2008

Mikhail Koklyaev is a six-time Russian National Weightlifting champion, strongman competitor and powerlifter. He was born in 1978 in Chelyabinsk, Russia. He often goes by the nickname "Misha", and is married and has a son. Among his titles is third place at Arnold Strongman Classic (March, 2006 & 2008), as well as 2nd in the Arnold Strongman Classic(March, 2009).[1] Mikhail finished on the podium at all 3 IFSA World Championships, finishing 3rd in 2005, 2nd in 2006[2] and 2nd in 2007.[3] He came in second place (with Igor Pedan) at the IFSA Strongman World 2-Man Championship, in Vilnius, Lithuania in 2007. On December 20, 2008, Mikhail totalled 2,149 lbs at a raw powerlifting meet in Chelyabinsk, Russia with a 360 kg (790 lb) squat, 210 kg (460 lb) bench press, and a 405 kg (890 lb) deadlift.[4] On Sunday March 8 at the 2009 Arnold Strongman Classic, Mikhail became only the second man in history to clean and jerk the famous 501 lb. barbell used by Vasily Alekseyev in 1970.[5]

Career bests

Weightlifting

  • Snatch: 210.0 kg (463 lb)
  • Clean and Jerk: 250.0 kg (551 lb)
  • Total: 450.0 kg (992 lb) (210.0 and 240.0 kg (463 and 529 lb)) [6]

Powerlifting ("Raw"):

  • Squat: 365.0 kg (805 lb)
  • Bench Press: 240.0 kg (529 lb)[7]
  • Deadlift: 415.0 kg (915 lb)[8]
  • Total: 985.0 kg (2,172 lb) (360.0 + 210.0 + 415.0 kg (794 + 463 + 915 lb))

Notes and references

  1. ^ http://www.arnoldstrongmanclassic.com/results.html
  2. ^ http://www.marunde-muscle.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5259&highlight=ifsa+world+championships&page=3
  3. ^ http://www.marunde-muscle.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9147&highlight=ifsa+world+championships&page=10
  4. ^ http://www.powerliftingwatch.com/node/10105
  5. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYoHtY8Hebg
  6. ^ "All-Time Top Lists (200-250-450)". Lift Up. http://www.chidlovski.net/liftup/a_top_lists.asp. Retrieved 2009-07-27. 
  7. ^ Profile at ifsastrongman.com. In: <http://www.ifsastrongman.com/athletes/pro/Koklyaev/koklyaev.htm>. Retrieved on 2009-09-08.
  8. ^ Official site. In: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHBcroQ270A&feature=player_embedded>. Retrieved on 2010-06-29.

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