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==Legacy and awards== [[Vladimir Vysotsky]] devoted his "Song about weightlifter" ({{langx|ru|Песня о штангисте}}, 1971) to Alekseyev.<ref>{{cite book |author=Vysotsky, Vladimir |title=Собрание сочинений в одном томе |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ESqiAAAAQBAJ&pg=PT391 |date=2015 |publisher=Эксмо |isbn=978-5-457-05335-9 |page=391}}</ref> Alekseyev was featured on the cover of ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' 14 April 1975, titled "World's Strongest Man."<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/cover/featured/8429/index.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720043550/http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/cover/featured/8429/index.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 July 2008 |title=April 14, 1975 – Volume 42, Issue 15 |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |date=14 April 1975 |access-date=13 December 2008}}</ref> In 1999, in [[Greece]], Alekseyev was acknowledged as the best sportsman of the 20th century. He was also awarded: [[Order of Lenin]] (1972), [[Order of Friendship of Peoples]], [[Order of the Badge of Honour]] (1970), and [[Order of the Red Banner of Labour]] (1972). In 1993, he was elected a member of the [[International Weightlifting Federation]] [[Hall of fame|Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Weightlifting Hall of Fame |publisher=International Weightlifting Federation |url=http://www.iwf.net/iwf/organization/members.php |access-date=7 August 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913235844/http://www.iwf.net/iwf/organization/members.php |archive-date=13 September 2008 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> In Shakhty, where he lived much of his life, there is a street and park named after him,<ref>Ivanova, Yekaterina (10 March 2012) [http://www.rostov.kp.ru/online/news/1109681/ В Шахтах появился проспект имени штангиста Василия Алексеева] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304085210/http://www.rostov.kp.ru/online/news/1109681/ |date=4 March 2016 }}. rostov.kp.ru.</ref> as well as his monument installed in 2014.<ref>[http://tass.ru/sport/1672607 Памятник легендарному штангисту Василию Алексееву открыт в Шахтах Ростовской области] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160913185721/http://tass.ru/sport/1672607 |date=13 September 2016 }}. tass.ru. 25 December 2014</ref> ===Career-bests=== * [[Snatch (weightlifting)|Snatch]]: 190.0 kg (419 lbs) on 1 September 1977 in [[Podolsk]]; * [[Clean and press]]: 236.5 kg (521 lbs) on 15 April 1972 in [[Tallinn]]; * [[Clean and jerk]]: 256.0 kg (564 lbs) on 1 November 1977 in [[Moscow]]; * Total: 645.0 kg (clean and press+snatch+clean and jerk), on 15 April 1972 in Tallinn, the official world record total in 1972;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://weightliftingexchange.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=38&Itemid=50 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20071029102527/http://weightliftingexchange.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=38&Itemid=50 |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 October 2007 |title=World Records from 1896 – 1972 |publisher=Weightliftingexchange.com |access-date=27 July 2009}}</ref> * Total: 445.0 kg (snatch + clean and jerk) in Podolsk.<ref name="va"/> {{Collapse top|World records}} *24 January 1970 Clean & Press 210.5 kg (464lb) Super Heavyweight Velikie Luki<ref name="va"/> *24 January 1970 Clean & Jerk 221.5 kg Super Heavyweight Velikie Luki *24 January 1970 Total (3) 592.5 kg Super Heavyweight Velikie Luki *24 January 1970 Total (3) 595 kg Super Heavyweight Velikie Luki *18 March 1970 Clean & Press 213 kg (469.5lb) Super Heavyweight Minsk *18 March 1970 Total (3) 600 kg Super Heavyweight Minsk *26 April 1970 Clean & Press 216 kg (476lb) Super Heavyweight Vilnius *26 April 1970 Clean & Jerk 223.5 kg Super Heavyweight Vilnius *26 April 1970 Total (3) 602.5 kg Super Heavyweight Vilnius *26 April 1970 Total (3) 607.5 kg Super Heavyweight Vilnius *28 June 1970 Clean & Press 219.5 kg (483.9lb) Super Heavyweight Szombathely *28 June 1970 Clean & Jerk 225.5 kg Super Heavyweight Szombathely *28 June 1970 Total (3) 610 kg Super Heavyweight Szombathely *28 June 1970 Total (3) 612.5 kg Super Heavyweight Szombathely *20 September 1970 Clean & Jerk 227.5 kg Super Heavyweight Columbus *17 November 1970 Clean & Press 220.5 kg (486lb) Super Heavyweight Volgograd *17 November 1970 Clean & Jerk 228 kg Super Heavyweight Volgograd *12/4/1970 Snatch 177 kg Super Heavyweight Shakhty *12/4/1970 Clean & Press 221 kg (487.2lb) Super Heavyweight Shakhty *12/4/1970 Clean & Jerk 228.5 kg Super Heavyweight Shakhty *12/4/1970 Total (3) 615 kg Super Heavyweight Shakhty *12/4/1970 Total (3) 620 kg Super Heavyweight Shakhty *26 December 1970 Clean & Press 222 kg (489.4lb) Super Heavyweight Dnipropetrovsk *26 December 1970 Clean & Jerk 229.5 kg Super Heavyweight Dnipropetrovsk *26 December 1970 Total (3) 622.5 kg Super Heavyweight Dnipropetrovsk *26 December 1970 Total (3) 625 kg Super Heavyweight Dnipropetrovsk *14 February 1971 Snatch 177.5 kg Super Heavyweight Paris *14 February 1971 Clean & Press 222.5 kg (490.5lb) Super Heavyweight Paris *14 February 1971 Clean & Jerk 230 kg Super Heavyweight Paris *26 March 1971 Clean & Press 223 kg (491.6lb) Super Heavyweight Wienn *4/7/1971 Clean & Press 223.5 kg (492.7lb) Super Heavyweight Moscow *18 April 1971 Clean & Jerk 230.5 kg Super Heavyweight Taganrog *27 June 1971 Clean & Press 225 kg (496lb) Super Heavyweight Sofia *27 June 1971 Clean & Jerk 231 kg Super Heavyweight Sofia *27 June 1971 Clean & Jerk 232.5 kg Super Heavyweight Sofia *27 June 1971 Total (3) 627.5 kg Super Heavyweight Sofia *27 June 1971 Total (3) 630 kg Super Heavyweight Sofia *24 July 1971 Snatch 180 kg Super Heavyweight Moscow *24 July 1971 Clean & Press 225.5 kg (497.1lb) Super Heavyweight Moscow *24 July 1971 Clean & Jerk 233 kg Super Heavyweight Moscow *24 July 1971 Clean & Jerk 235 kg Super Heavyweight Moscow *24 July 1971 Total (3) 632.5 kg Super Heavyweight Moscow *24 July 1971 Total (3) 637.5 kg Super Heavyweight Moscow *24 July 1971 Total (3) 640 kg Super Heavyweight Moscow *26 September 1971 Clean & Press 227 kg (500lb) Super Heavyweight Lima *26 September 1971 Clean & Press 230 kg (507lb) Super Heavyweight Lima *26 September 1971 Clean & Jerk 235.5 kg Super Heavyweight Lima *19 March 1972 Clean & Press 231.5 kg (510.3lb) Super Heavyweight Bollnas *19 March 1972 Clean & Press 235.5 kg (519.1lb) Super Heavyweight Bollnas *15 April 1972 Clean & Jerk 236 kg Super Heavyweight Tallinn *15 April 1972 Clean & Press 236.5 kg (521.3lb) Super Heavyweight Tallinn *15 April 1972 Clean & Jerk 237.5 kg Super Heavyweight Tallinn *15 April 1972 Total (3) 642.5 kg Super Heavyweight Tallinn *15 April 1972 Total (3) 645 kg Super Heavyweight Tallinn *29 April 1972 Clean & Jerk 238 kg Super Heavyweight Donetsk *18 June 1973 Clean & Jerk 240 kg Super Heavyweight Madrid *18 June 1973 Total 417.5 kg Super Heavyweight Madrid *1/3/1974 Clean & Jerk 242 kg Super Heavyweight Glazov *20 March 1974 Clean & Jerk 240.5 kg Super Heavyweight Erevan *28 April 1974 Clean & Jerk 241 kg Super Heavyweight Tbilisi *28 April 1974 Total 420 kg Super Heavyweight Tbilisi *6 June 1974 Snatch 187.5 kg Super Heavyweight Verona *6 June 1974 Total 422.5 kg Super Heavyweight Verona *23 September 1974 Clean & Jerk 245.5 kg Super Heavyweight Moscow *29 September 1974 Clean & Jerk 241.5 kg Super Heavyweight Manila *29 September 1974 Total 425 kg Super Heavyweight Manila *27 November 1974 Clean & Jerk 242.5 kg Super Heavyweight London *14 December 1974 Clean & Jerk 243 kg Super Heavyweight Zaporizhia *29 December 1974 Clean & Jerk 243.5 kg Super Heavyweight Lipetsk *7/11/1975 Clean & Jerk 245 kg Super Heavyweight Vilnius *23 September 1975 Total 427.5 kg Super Heavyweight Moscow *11 November 1975 Clean and Jerk 246 kg Super Heavyweight Arkhangelsk *11 November 1975 Total 430 kg Super Heavyweight Arkhangelsk *12/7/1975 Clean & Jerk 247.5 kg Super Heavyweight Montreal *15 May 1976 Total 435 kg Super Heavyweight Karaganda *27 July 1976 Clean & Jerk 255 kg Super Heavyweight Montreal *9/1/1977 Clean & Jerk 255.5 kg Super Heavyweight Podolsk *9/1/1977 Total 445 kg Super Heavyweight Podolsk *11/1/1977 Clean & Jerk 256 kg Super Heavyweight Moscow {{Collapse bottom}}
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