Ruslan Savchenko

Ruslan Savchenko

Personal information
Born	(1971-06-05) 5 June 1971
Height	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	75.80 kg (167.1 lb)
Sport
Country	Ukraine
Sport	Weightlifting
Weight class	76 kg
Team	National team
Medal record Men's Weightlifting Representing Ukraine World Championships Silver medal – second place 1993 Melbourne 76 kg Bronze medal – third place 1994 Istanbul 76 kg European Championships Gold medal – first place 1994 Sokolov 76 kg Bronze medal – third place 1997 Rijeka 76 kg
Updated on 5 October 2016

Ruslan Savchenko (Руслан Савченко, born (1971-06-05)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.

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	160.0	160.0	5	185.0	—	—	12	345.0	5