Klokov Vyacheslav Ivanovich (born September 2, 1959, Arzamas, Gorky Region) is a Soviet and Russian athlete, coach, and sports official in the field of weightlifting. Honored Master of Sport of Russia, world and European champion. Father of weightlifter D. V. Klokov.[1]
Sports career
He competed for the Spartak voluntary sports society (Malakhovka, Moscow Region), the Spartak voluntary sports society (Odintsovo, Moscow Region), and the Dynamo All-Union Physical Culture and Sports Society (Moscow Region). He trained under I. M. Muromtsev. He was educated at the Moscow Regional State Institute of Physical Culture (MOGIFK).[1]
On the international stage he won the highest titles in the heavyweight division: he became junior world and European champion (1979), two-time USSR champion (1980, 1982), silver medalist at the USSR Championship (1983) and at the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR (1983). In 1983 he won the senior world and European championships; at the world and European championships of 1981 and 1982 he took second place. He is a world record holder.[1]
Coaching and administrative work
After finishing his active competitive career, he moved into coaching and administration. He served as president of the Russian Weightlifting Federation from 1997 to 2000 and as vice president of the European Weightlifting Federation from 1998 to 2002. From 1997 to 2009 he was a member of the technical committee of the International Weightlifting Federation.[1] He gave his own seminars on weightlifting training methods, including at the KLOKOV Baza Team sports club in Moscow.[2]
Connection to the Nizhny Novgorod area
Vyacheslav Klokov was born in Arzamas, a town in Gorky (now Nizhny Novgorod) Region.[1]
Sources
- sport-strana.ru — Klokov Vyacheslav Ivanovich — Sport-strana.ru
- crosslifting.ru — Seminar by V.I. Klokov on Weightlifting (Moscow)