Anatoly Pisarenko

Personal information
Birth name	Anatoly Grigor'evich Pisarenko
Nationality	Soviet Union
Born	(1958-01-10) 10 January 1958 (age 66) Kyiv, Soviet Union
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	120 kg (265 lb)
Sport
Country	Soviet Union
Sport	Weightlifting
Event	+110 kg
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	Snatch: 206 kg (1983), Clean and jerk: 265 kg (1984), Total: 465 kg (1984)
Medal record Representing the  Soviet Union Men's weightlifting World Championships 1981 Lille +110 kg 1982 Ljubljana +110 kg 1983 Moscow +110 kg European Championships 1981 Lille +110 kg 1982 Ljubljana +110 kg 1983 Moscow +110 kg 1984 Vittorio +110 kg

Anatoly Grigor'evich Pisarenko (Ukrainian: Анатолій Григорович Писаренко, Russian: Анатолий Григорьевич Писаренко; born January 10, 1958) is a former Olympic weightlifter for the USSR. He was born in Kyiv, where he trained at 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.^[1] After Pisarenko was caught with Aleksandr Kurlovich in possession of steroids by the Canadian customs in 1985, he was given a lifetime ban by the Soviet Weightlifting Federation.^[2]

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
World Championships
1981[a]	Lille, France	+110 kg	187.5				237.5				425
1982[a]	Ljubljana, SFR Yugoslavia	+110 kg	197.5				247.5				445
1983[a]	Moscow, Soviet Union	+110 kg	205				245				450
European Championships
1984	Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain	+110 kg	200				250				450

• ^a This tournament was counted as European Weightlifting Championships of the corresponding year.

He set thirteen World records in career.^[3]