Mikhail Koklyaev
# Mikhail Koklyaev

Mikhail Viktorovich Koklyaev (Russian: Михаил Викторович Кокляев, born 17 December 1978) is a Russian weightlifter, powerlifter, strongman and boxer.

## Strongman

Koklyaev has placed third place at the Arnold Strongman Classic in 2006, 2008 and 2013, as well as second in 2009. He was a medalist of all three IFSA World Championships, finishing third in 2005, second in 2006 and second in 2007.

Koklyaev came in second place (with Igor Pedan) at the IFSA Strongman World 2-Man Championship, in Vilnius, Lithuania in 2007. He finished third at the 2010 World's Strongest Man contest, but failed to make the finals for the 2012 World's Strongest Man. Koklyaev qualified for the 2013 World's Strongest Man finals, but had to withdraw due to an earlier injury after the first event. He is a 7-time Strongman Champions League grand prix winner, and finished third overall for both the 2010 and 2012 SCL seasons.

Having competed in 50 International strongman competitions and winning 11 of them, Koklyaev is among the 20 most decorated strongmen of all time.

## Powerlifting/weightlifting

On 20 December 2008, Mikhail totalled 2,149 lbs at a raw powerlifting meet in Chelyabinsk, Russia with a 360 kg (790 lb) squat, 210 kg (460 lb) bench press, and a 405 kg (893 lb) deadlift.

Mikhail won the +125 kg class in the 2012 WPC Raw European Championships on 26 April 2012 with a 340 kg (750 lb) squat, 225 kg (496 lb) bench press, and a 400 kg (880 lb) deadlift.

On 16 December 2012, at the Chelyabinsk region championship, Mikhail had a raw squat of 360 kg (793 lbs), raw bench of 230 kg (507 lbs), and raw deadlift of 417.5 kg (920 lbs), making his raw total 1007.5 kg (2,221 lbs).

On Sunday 8 March at the 2009 Arnold Strongman Classic, Mikhail became only the second man in history to clean and jerk the famous 501 lb barbell used by Vasily Alekseyev in 1970.

## Exhibition/ Seminar lifts

* Mikhail successfully performed a 310 kg no hand squat during a seminar in Sydney following the GPA world powerlifting championships.
* Mikhail has deadlifted 400 kg for 3 reps RAW as well as 362.5 kg for 9 dead-stop repetitions RAW.
* Mikhail has jerked 270 kg overhead during a seminar in 2012.

## Personal records

### Weightlifting

* Snatch: 210.0 kg (463.0 lb)
* Clean and Jerk: 250.0 kg (551.2 lb)
* Total: 460.0 kg (1,014.1 lb) (210.0 and 240.0 kg (463.0 and 529.1 lb))

### Powerlifting

* Squat: 360.0 kg (793.7 lb) raw without knee wraps
* Bench Press: 230.0 kg (507.1 lb)
* Deadlift: 417.5 kg (920 lb) raw
* Total: 1,007.5 kg (2,221 lb) (365.0 + 240.0 + 417.5 kg [804.7 + 529.1 + 920.4 lb]) (16 December 2012) raw without knee wraps

### Combined lifting

* Official weightlifting total + official powerlifting total (Combined Supertotal for the 5 lifts):

    460.0 kg + 1,007.5 kg = 1,467.5 kg (3,235 lb)

### Strongman

* Deadlift - 422.5 kg (931 lb) (2012 Arnold Europe)
* Hummer tyre Deadlift - 461 kg (1,016 lb) (2009 Arnold Strongman Classic)
* Log press - 202.5 kg (446 lb) (2010 World's Strongest Man)
* Axle press - 195 kg (430 lb) (2007 IFSA Strongman World Championships)
* Atlas stones – 130–180 kg (287–397 lb) 5 stones set in 18.81 seconds (2010 Giants Live South Africa)

## Boxing

On 29 November 2019, Koklyaev made his debut as a professional boxer. He lost to Alexander Emelianenko by technical knockout in the first round. On February 20, 2021, at the Kings of the Ring tournament, Mikhail defeated blogger Artem Tarasov, known by the nickname "Cyclop", by a majority decision in a 4-round match.

## Personal life

Koklyaev is married and has two children.

