Ruslan Savchenko (Руслан Савченко, born 5 June 1971) is a Ukrainian male weightlifter, competing in the 76 kg category and representing Ukraine at international competitions. He participated at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the 77 kg event. He competed at world championships, most recently at the 1997 World Weightlifting Championships.[1]
He set two middleweight world records in November 1993 at the world championships, in the snatch and total (snatch + clean & jerk). The snatch world record of 170.0 kg has never been broken and after 1997 this weightclass was discontinued.
Major results
- 1993 World Championships Middleweight class (370.0 kg)
- 1994 World Championships Middleweight class (360.0 kg)
- 1994 European Championships Middleweight class (355.0 kg)- - 1997 European Championships Middleweight class (350.0 kg)
| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
| Summer Olympics | ||||||||||||
| 2000 |  Sydney, Australia |
77 kg | — | — | 11 | |||||||
| World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 1997 |  Chiang Mai, Thailand |
76 kg | 160.0 | 5 | 185.0 | — | — | 12 | 345.0 | 5 | ||
References
- ^ "Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics - 2007 World Championships - Ruslan Savchenko" (PDF). iwf.net. p. Y3. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
External links
- Ruslan Savchenko at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)