Today, 83 years ago, on January 7, 1942 (November 21, 1941), Vasily Alekseev was born. On January 7, 1942, Soviet weightlifter Vasily Alekseev was born. He won the Olympic medal of 110 kg or more twice in 1972 and 1976 and won the world championship six times from 1970 to 1977, and the European championship several times. The latter broke the world record 80 times, and is the athlete with the most world records.