Gennady Ivanchenko, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Gennady Ivanchenko

Russian weightlifter

Date of Birth: 30-Jul-1946

Place of Birth: Gagarin, Smolensk Oblast, Russia

Profession: weightlifter

Nationality: Russia, Latvia

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Gennady Ivanovich Ivanchenko (Russian: ???????? ???????? ?????????, born 30 July 1947) is a retired Soviet light-heavyweight weightlifter.
He won the Soviet and European titles in 1970–1971 and the world title in 1970.
Between 1969 and 1972 he set eight ratified world records.
His 1972 record in press was never broken, as that event was discontinued the same year.
Ivanchenko was left out of the 1972 Olympic team due to a fever.
He retired in 1979 to become a weightlifting coach.