Anatoly Pisarenko

Anatoly Grigor'evich Pisarenko (, , Anatoliy Hryhorovych Pysarenko; born January 10, 1958) is a former Soviet Olympic weightlifter from Ukraine. Along with Aleksandr Kurlovich, he became better known in 1985 due to the international scandal when both of them were caught by the Canadian customs in possession of steroids. After Pisarenko was caught with Aleksandr Kurlovich, he was given a lifetime ban by the Soviet Weightlifting Federation. None of the Soviet people were allowed to travel freely on their own, only on the government (official) arrangements.

After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Anatoliy Pysarenko was the chairman of the Ukrainian Federation of Powerlifting from 1994 to 2012. From 2002 to 2005, he was elected as the People's Deputy of Ukraine (affiliated). In the Verkhovna Rada, he became a member of the Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united) parliamentary faction.

Major results

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

World records by Anatoly Pisarenko He set thirteen World records in career.