Aleksandr Nikolaevich Kurlovich (russian: Александр Николаевич Курлович, English Alternate: ''Alexander Kurlovich'', 28 July 1961 – 6 April 2018
) was a Soviet

weightlifter Olympic weightlifting, or Olympic-style weightlifting (officially named Weightlifting), is a sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ground to overhead, with each athlete trying to successfully lif ...

. He trained at Armed Forces sports society in Grodno.Ушел титан. В Гродно скончался знаменитый тяжелоатлет Александр Курлович
In 2006 he was elected member of the

International Weightlifting Federation The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), headquartered in Lausanne, is the international governing body for the sport of Olympic weightlifting. The IWF was founded in 1905, and has 192 Member Federations. The IWF President is Mohammed H ...

Hall of Fame. He was caught in 1984 entering Canada with $10,000 worth of anabolic steroids that he wanted to sell to fellow weightlifters.

Career

Kurlovich had twelve world records to his name. As of 2019, only four men ( Antonio Krastev of Bulgaria, Behdad Salimi of Iran,

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of Armenia, and Georgian world-record holder

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) have ever snatched more than his 215 kg, only six men (Soviet teammates Sergey Didyk,

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and

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, Andrei Chemerkin of Russia, Talakhadze of Georgia, and

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of Iran) have ever lifted a clean and jerk of more than his 260 kg, and only Talakhadze, Rezazadeh, and Taranenko have totalled more than the 472.5 kg that Kurlovich lifted to win the 1987 World Championship. (Taranenko won 1987 World Championship)

Honors

*Merited Master of Sport of the USSR (1987) *

Order of the Badge of Honour The Order of the Badge of Honour (russian: орден «Знак Почёта», orden "Znak Pochyota") was a civilian award of the Soviet Union. It was established on 25 November 1935, and was conferred on citizens of the USSR for outstanding ...

* Honored Worker of Physical Culture of the Republic of Belarus (1992)

Weightlifting achievements

* Olympic champion (1988 and 1992); * Senior world champion (1987, 1989, 1991 and 1994); * Set twelve world records during his career.

Career bests

* Snatch: 215.0 kg in Athens 1989 World Weightlifting Championships. * Clean and jerk: 260.0 kg in Ostrava 1987 World Weightlifting Championships. * Total: 472.5 kg (212.5 + 260.0) 1987 in Ostrava in the class more than 110 kg.

Death

Kurlovich died on 6 April 2018 in Grodno, Belarus. He was 56.

Major results

References

External links

World records and titles by Aleksandr Kurlovich

Aleksandr Kurlovich at Database Weightlifting
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