Weightlifting achievements

• Olympic champion (1988);
• Senior world champion (1985–1987);
• Silver medalist in Senior World Championships (1981 & 1982);
• European champion (1984–1988);
• Silver medalist in European Championships (1981, 1982, & 1990);
• Set 35 world records during career.

Career bests

• Snatch
  Snatch (weightlifting)
  The snatch is one of the two olympic weightlifting events .The essence of the event is to lift a barbell from the platform to locked arms overhead in a smooth continuous movement. The barbell is pulled as high as the lifter can manage at which point the barbell is flipped overhead...
  
  : 210.0 kg in the class to 110 kg;
• Clean and jerk
  Clean and jerk
  The clean and jerk is one of the two Olympic weightlifting events .The clean portion of the lift refers to the lifter explosively pulling the weight from the floor to a racked position across deltoids and clavicles...
  
  : 250.5 kg 1988 on Cardiff
  Cardiff
  Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...
  
   in the class to 110 kg;
• Total: 440.0 kg (200.0 + 240.0) 1983 on Odessa
  Odessa
  Odessa or Odesa is the administrative center of the Odessa Oblast located in southern Ukraine. The city is a major seaport located on the northwest shore of the Black Sea and the fourth largest city in Ukraine with a population of 1,029,000 .The predecessor of Odessa, a small Tatar settlement,...
  
   in the class to 100 kg;
• Total: 455.0 kg (210.0 + 245.0) 1988 Summer Olympics
  1988 Summer Olympics
  The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an all international multi-sport events celebrated from September 17 to October 2, 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. They were the second summer Olympic Games to be held in Asia and the first since the 1964 Summer Olympics...
  
  in the class to 110 kg.

World Records

• 3/21/1981 Snatch 181 kg Middle Heavyweight Lvov
• 3/21/1981 Snatch 182 kg Middle Heavyweight Lvov
• 6/20/1981 Snatch 183.5 kg Middle Heavyweight Lignano-Sabbiadoro
• 6/20/1981 Total 405 kg Middle Heavyweight Lignano-Sabbiadoro
• 12/21/1981 Clean & Jerk 232.5 kg Sub Heavyweight Donetsk
• 12/24/1981 Snatch 188 kg Sub Heavyweight Donetsk
• 12/24/1981 Snatch 192.5 kg Sub Heavyweight Donetsk
• 12/24/1981 Total 417.5 kg Sub Heavyweight Donetsk
• 12/24/1981 Total 425 kg Sub Heavyweight Donetsk
• 5/22/1982 Snatch 193.5 kg Sub Heavyweight Dnipropetrovsk
• 5/22/1982 Snatch 195 kg Sub Heavyweight Dnipropetrovsk
• 5/22/1982 Clean & Jerk 234 kg Sub Heavyweight Dnipropetrovsk
• 5/22/1982 Clean & Jerk 235 kg Sub Heavyweight Dnipropetrovsk
• 5/22/1982 Total 427.5 kg Sub Heavyweight Dnipropetrovsk
• 5/22/1982 Total 430 kg Sub Heavyweight Dnipropetrovsk
• 9/25/1982 Snatch 195.5 kg Sub Heavyweight Ljubljana
• 11/3/1982 Snatch 195.5 kg Heavyweight Haskovo
• 3/4/1983 Snatch 200 kg Sub Heavyweight Odessa
• 3/4/1983 Clean & Jerk 240 kg Sub Heavyweight Odessa
• 3/4/1983 Total 440 kg Sub Heavyweight Odessa
• 9/16/1984 Snatch 197.5 kg Heavyweight Varna
• 9/16/1984 Snatch 200.5 kg Heavyweight Varna
• 11/15/1986 Snatch 201 kg Heavyweight Sofia
• 11/15/1986 Clean & Jerk 248 kg Heavyweight Sofia
• 11/15/1986 Total 445 kg Heavyweight Sofia
• 11/15/1986 Total 447.5 kg Heavyweight Sofia
• 5/9/1987 Snatch 202.5 kg Heavyweight Reims
• 9/13/1987 Snatch 203 kg Heavyweight Ostrava
• 4/30/1988 Snatch 203.5 kg Heavyweight Cardiff
• 4/30/1988 Clean & Jerk 250.5 kg Heavyweight Cardiff
• 4/30/1988 Total 450 kg Heavyweight Cardiff
• 4/30/1988 Total 452.5 kg Heavyweight Cardiff
• 9/27/1988 Snatch 205 kg Heavyweight Seoul
• 9/27/1988 Snatch 210 kg Heavyweight Seoul
• 9/27/1988 Total 455 kg Heavyweight Seoul