Considered widely as the greatest super heavyweight weightlifter ever, Vasily Alekseyev was weightlifter who represented Soviet Union in the 1972 and 1976 Olympic Games in Munich and Montreal respectively. He has the reputation of setting 81 Soviet records and 80 world records in all.
Known by many names like “The Experiment”, “Alexander the Great” and “The Russian Bear”, Aleksandr Karelin was a prominent Greco-Roman wrestler for Russia and, before it dissolved, Soviet Union. He is famous for winning the gold medals in the super heavyweight category at the Seoul, Barcelona and Atlanta Olympics in 1988, 1992 and 1996 respectively and is widely considered to be an Olympic Legend.