Mikhail Koklyaev

Mikhail Viktorovich Koklyaev (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 squat, 210 kg bench press, and a 405 kg deadlift.

Mikhail won the +125 kg class in the 2012 WPC Raw European Championships on 26 April 2012 with a 340 kg squat, 225 kg bench press, and a 400 kg 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.

Weightlifting

 * Snatch: 210.0 kg
 * Clean and Jerk: 250.0 kg
 * Total: 460.0 kg (210.0 and 240.0 kg)

Powerlifting

 * Squat: 360.0 kg raw without knee wraps
 * Bench Press: 230.0 kg
 * Deadlift: 417.5 kg raw
 * Total: 1007.5 kg (365.0 +) (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 = 1467.5 kg

Strongman

 * Deadlift – 422.5 kg (2012 Arnold Europe)
 * Hummer tyre Deadlift – 461 kg (2009 Arnold Strongman Classic)
 * Log press – 202.5 kg (2010 World's Strongest Man)
 * Axle press – 195 kg (2007 IFSA Strongman World Championships)
 * Manhood Stone (Max Atlas Stone) – 244 kg over 4 ft bar (2013 Arnold Strongman Classic)
 * Atlas Stone (for reps) – 211 kg x 2 reps over 4 ft bar (2009 Arnold Strongman Classic) and 205 kg x 4 reps over 4 ft bar (2011 Arnold Strongman Classic)
 * Atlas stones – 130-180 kg 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.