How can I make a rating of "most powerful people in the world"?It would be logical to start searching among athletes involved in weightlifting.And, of course, those who participate in the competition "The Strongest Men."This article will list the most powerful people of the world, which is often a photo flash in sports magazines.So let's get started.
1. Vasily Alexeev
first place in the ranking "The most powerful people" goes to the Soviet weightlifter, a multiple world champion and Olympic champion Vasily Alexeev.He was born in 1942 in the Ryazan region (the village of Intercession Shishkino).At age 11, the boy moved with his family to the village Rochegda (Arkhangelsk region).Sport started in his youth, but met only the first coach in 19 years.Throughout his life Vasily set many world records.Among them: the snatch - 435 kg;bench heavyweight champion - 237 kg;jerk - 257 kg.And this is only a small part of all the achievements of this great athlete.On the set of the show "The Great Race" in Barcelona Vasily Ivanovich started having problems with his heart.He was taken to the German clinic where after 2 weeks he died.
2. Zydrunas Savickas
This talented athlete was born in 1975 in the Lithuanian town of Biržai.While still just a baby, it is clearly superior to their peers in height and weight.At age 14, the boy saw the competition of athletes and wanted to lift weights as well as they did.A year later took up triathlon Savickas, and the second event in his life set a record of Lithuania.In 1998 he won the international competition "The Strongest Men," and in 2000 won a silver medal at the Japan Cup Eventing.In 2001 Savickas injured knees.But that did not stop him.In subsequent years, he has won a lot of serious competition.By the way, Zydrunas won and the last "Strongest Me", which was held this year in Vladivostok.
At these competitions our compatriots too pleased their fans.Alexander Lysenko took the fifth place.For this you can give it the unofficial title of "the most powerful man in Russia 2013".
return to Zydrunas.Savickas can be proud of.Here are some of his records: bench press - 286 kg;shooting the ball (27 kg) up - 5.2 m;Rod - 462 kg.So he rightly takes the second place in the ranking "The most powerful people."
3. Vasily Virastjuk
Who has not heard about this legendary Ukrainian athlete?For merits in the all-around force he takes the third place in the ranking "The most powerful people."The future master of sports was born in Ivano-Frankivsk in 1974.The boy grew up in an ordinary family.His father was a truck driver.At school Virastjuk became interested in athletics.Then I moved to the shot put.After high school he entered the Basil College Department of Physical Education at.After 2 years spent in the army.Since 1994, he worked as a coach in a sports club.In 2000 Virastjuk decided to try the forces in the "Strongest Me", where he won twice (2004, 2007).We tell you about some of his records.Some of them were in the Guinness Book of Records.For example, Basil budged tram cars weighing 100 tons, rolled 25 meters 7 vehicles (11 tons) and established on raised platform four 150-kilogram cube of ice in just 1 minute.
