The owner of numerous titles and awards in the field of power sports - Mikhail Viktorovich Koklyaev - is a real Russian hero. For his achievements, Arnold Schwarzenegger himself thanked Dmitry Medvedev in 2011, expressing his satisfaction that such excellent athletes train in our country.
Mikhail Koklyaev is known in our country not only for his sporting achievements, but also for driving in 2009 while intoxicated while driving a personal car. The incident ended with the titled athlete hitting a man and disappearing from the scene of the crime, without contacting the press and professional colleagues after that. And already in 2010 he could be seen at competitions, as if nothing had happened.
Biography and career of Mikhail Viktorovich Koklyaev
A native of Chelyabinsk was born on December 17, 1978 in a simple Ural family. The future world famous athlete at the age of thirteen enrolled in the weightlifting section. Mikhail took up this sport so seriously that within three years he was able to earn the title of MC. Not stopping at what has been achieved, in the next four years he was able to become an MSMK.
After receiving a certificate of secondary education, Koklyaev receives a higher education in physical education in absentia at a local pedagogical university, while simultaneously participating in a variety of thematic tournaments. The period from 1997 to 2004 was for Mikhail the first stage in his sports career, when he participated in the World Cup (1997, 1998) and European Championship (2002, 2004) as part of the Russian national team.
And since 2005, he begins to engage in power extreme. The debut competitions in this role were the "Games of the Highlanders", the European Championship in weightlifting, the tournament "Bogatyrs on Khortitsa" and the World Cup. This year Mikhail became the bearer of the title "The Strongest Man of Russia - 2005". In subsequent years, he regularly competed in the Arnold Classic, Giant Level, Champions League championships and similar tournaments. It is as one of the leaders of the Russian national power extreme team that the entire Russian sports community knows him. After all, the number of his titles and awards today is simply amazing.
It should be noted that the most favorite disciplines of an athlete in weightlifting are the deadlift (418 kg), bench press from the barbell lying (230 kg) and squats with a barbell (360 kg). Koklyaev himself does not hide the fact that he gained his athletic form, largely thanks to steroids. His ideal shape at the present time is: height 192 cm, weight 159 kg.
Athlete's personal life
Behind the shoulders of the family life of the titled athlete today there is only one marriage and two children. His wife Oksana gave birth to a son, Mikhail, and a daughter, Diana. A strong and friendly family in full force often goes out of town for leisure activities.
It is interesting that Mikhail followed in his father's footsteps and is very active in the gym.
