Vasiliy Alekseev: Vasiliy Alekseev. Self: ABC's Wide World of Sports. Vasiliy Alekseev is a Soviet weightlifter, Honored Master of Sports of the USSR (1970), Honored Trainer of the USSR (1991), two-time Olympic champion (1972, 1976), eight-time world champion (1970-1977), eight-time European champion (1970-1975, 1977-1978), seven-time champion of the USSR (1970-1976). Vasiliy started to train in 1960. In 1961 he entered the Arkhangelsk Forestry Institute. In 1961, he was awarded the first sports category...
Known For: ABC's Wide World of Sports (Self - Contestant), Visions of Eight (Self), Games of the XXI Olympiad (Self - Soviet WeightlifterTwice Olympic Champion), Moscow 1980: Games of the XXII Olympiad (Self - Weightlifter +110 kg (Soviet Union))