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Leonid Taranenko

1956 - Today

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Leonid Arkadevich Taranenko (Russian: Леонид Аркадьевич Тараненко, born June 13, 1956) is a former Soviet/Belarusian weightlifter and coach. His 266 kg clean and jerk in 1988 was the heaviest lift in competition for 33 years, until Lasha Talakhadze exceeded it, lifting 267 at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Leonid Taranenko is the 857th most popular athlete (down from 457th in 2019), the 158th most popular biography from Belarus (down from 138th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Belarusian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Leonid Taranenko ranks 857 out of 6,025. Before him are Vladimir Yashchenko, Giuseppina Leone, Franco Bertinetti, Ugo Pignotti, Barbora Špotáková, and Ödön Földessy. After him are Rex Cawley, Étienne Desmarteau, Cornelius Johnson, Robert Boutigny, Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo, and Roman Šebrle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Leonid Taranenko ranks 336. Before him are Ray Wilkins, Ahmad Zia Massoud, Thomas Wassberg, Schelte J. Bus, Chloe Webb, and Héctor Rebaque. After him are Vjekoslav Bevanda, Marc Caro, Miroslav Votava, Rosalía Arteaga, Masashi Tashiro, and Matt Craven.

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In Belarus

Among people born in Belarus, Leonid Taranenko ranks 158 out of 368. Before him are Vasily Rudenkov (1931), Masha Bruskina (1924), Natasha Zvereva (1971), Mikhail Chigir (1948), Victoria Azarenka (1989), and Vitaly Scherbo (1972). After him are Nina Andrycz (1912), Jakub Szynkiewicz (1884), Sergey Gritsevets (1909), Leonid Shvartsman (1920), Boris Galerkin (1871), and Lidia Wysocka (1916).

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Among ATHLETES In Belarus

Among athletes born in Belarus, Leonid Taranenko ranks 4. Before him are Romuald Klim (1933), Tamara Tyshkevich (1931), and Vasily Rudenkov (1931). After him are Nikolai Gorbachev (1948), Darya Domracheva (1986), Rita Achkina (1938), Iryna Yatchenko (1965), Ivan Tsikhan (1976), Igor Astapkovich (1963), Aleksandr Kurlovich (1961), and Aleksandr Karshakevich (1959).

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