Background

Ivan Mikhaylovich Zaikin was born on November 5, 1880. Son of a peasant.

Career

From 1902 engaged in heavy athletics. 1904 won All-Russian Weightlifting Contest. 1908 placed 2nd in International Weightlifting Championship, Paris.

1920 emigrated and performed as athlete and wrestler in Japan, USA, France, Italy and Rumania. 1940 returned to USSR and lived in Kishinev.

Achievements

• Champion of the Russian Empire in weightlifting (1904), Two-time world champion in French wrestling (1908, 1913).

Personality

Physical Characteristics: Height - 186 cm, weight - 120 kg, chest circumference - 128 cm, neck - 49 cm biceps - 43 cm, forearm - 35.5 cm, hip - 67 cm

Connections

niece:

Zaikina Daria Alekseevna

niece:

Zaikina Tamara Morgunova

She was married to a physicist, an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Moldavian SSR Tadeusz Malinovsky (1921-1996).