Anatoly Pisarenko
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Soviet Union10 January 1958
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| Nationality | Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Anatoly Grigor'evich Pisarenko 10 January 1958 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 120 kg (265 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | +110 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Anatoly Grigor'evich Pisarenko (Russian: Анатолий Григорьевич Писаренко, Ukrainian: Анатолій Григорович Писаренко, Anatoliy Hryhorovych Pysarenko; born January 10, 1958) is a former Soviet Olympic weightlifter from Ukraine. Along with Aleksandr Kurlovich, he became better known in 1985 due to the international scandal when both of them were caught by the Canadian customs in possession of steroids.[1]
He was born in Kyiv, where he trained at the local Dynamo.
Pisarenko held multiple world records in the snatch and clean and jerk, and was named weightlifting's "most iconic athlete" by Weightlifting House in 2023.[2] After Pisarenko was caught with Aleksandr Kurlovich, he was given a lifetime ban by the Soviet Weightlifting Federation.[1] None of the Soviet people were allowed to travel freely on their own, only on the government (official) arrangements.
After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Anatoliy Pysarenko was the chairman of the Ukrainian Federation of Powerlifting from 1994 to 2012. From 2002 to 2005, he was elected as the People's Deputy of Ukraine (affiliated). In the Verkhovna Rada, he became a member of the Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united) parliamentary faction.
