Yuri Belkin, two-time absolute world champion in powerlifting among juniors and repeated winner of competitions at the European level, is a member of the Russian national team. The athlete is also known as the winner of the championship in the country in traditional powerlifting among men. Strongman set several new world records in the selected sport.
The famous athlete at the WPRF PRO CUP tournament, held in 2016 in Moscow, lifted a weight of 418 kg, which is 4 times more than the weight of Yuri himself. He broke his achievement with a record of Mikhail Koklyaev in 417 kg. Two more records were set in 2017 by the amount of biathlon and in traction up to 100 kg.
Vocation Search
The biography of the future athlete began in 1990. The boy was born with twin sister Julia in the urban-type village of Tymovskoye in the Khabarovsk Territory on December 5. The family already had one child, their older sister Inna.
Younger children have always been distinguished by extreme activity. Both were fond of sports. Not one was behind the other. Yuri has always achieved excellent results in all disciplines. In competitions in the game forces of sports and athletics, he participated without fail. Father did skiing. After his passing away, his mother remarried. The stepfather also contributed to Yuri's choice of sport.
From eleven, the boy thought about strength training. At the age of 13, a teenager who visited the volleyball section for the first time appeared in a "rocking chair". Coach Vladimir Bakula immediately noticed the makings of a champion with Yuri. Several months passed, and the newcomer was offered to take part in the competition. However, a couple of weeks before their start Belkin was injured. He set off as a spectator. He made his debut as a participant a year later.
After graduating from school, the graduate decided to get an education. For 9 years, Yuri attended art school. He decided to get an education in design and architecture. In the year of study at the University of Khabarovsk, the student did not stop training. The newcomer instantly mastered the bar, entered the Togu national team, became a candidate for master of sports. Boleslav Shchetina became the new mentor of the beginning athlete.
First achievements
Preparations for the 2011 Country Cup have begun. Belkin went to St. Petersburg for his first domestic competition. He took second place, showing excellent dynamics. A year later, the master of sports received silver at the world championship, only a little behind the triumph. Yuri was not going to lose anyone else. His first dream became steel.
In the junior category they beat many world records. Now it is the turn of absolute achievement. In 2013, at competitions in Suzdal, Yuri won the maximum number of gold medals and set five world records.
After second place in the national championship, once again setting a new record, Yuri entered the national team as a participant. The athlete went to the European Championship in Bulgaria. From there, Yuri brought gold. In South Africa, the triumph competed in the classic form of powerlifting, where he became the strongest in the world among men.
At the WPRF PRO CUP competitions held in the capital, Belkin again proved the right to be called the strongest on the planet. All previously existing records can not resist the pressure of a strongman. Without effort and equipment, the athlete pulls 440 kg, which is confirmed by the results of training.
Good luck and trouble
The plans of the athlete himself - a victory over Eddie Hall. Preparation for the overthrow of him from the place of the champion was interrupted by news of Belkin’s disqualification. Yuri himself assures that he does not take steroids.
The cause of the conflict was a misunderstanding. According to the information received from the Anti-Doping Disciplinary Committee, the Russian Powerlifting Federation decided to disqualify the champion from June 8, 2015 for 4 years.
Belkin was unable to perform at the classic powerlifting tournament in Finnish Salo. According to the results of the doping control carried out before departure, traces of the prohibited medicine were found in the athlete's blood. Belkin explained that he was prescribed Tamoxifen by doctors as a necessary means. Belkin had no fears that the drug might be on the banned list.
The streak of failures was continued by back pains, breaking of an already established technique, and worsening results. In addition, the strongman left Khabarovsk, left without a coach. I had to work myself. Yuri took up the technique and the return of his own achievements. At that time, there was no question of returning to the PDF, but Yuri did not plan to refuse to resume his sports career. 2019 was a triumph. At the Boss of Bosses VI tournament in California, Belkin set a new record,
