Background
Mikhail was born to a Russian father and a Tatar mother, and he is married with two children.
Mikhail was born to a Russian father and a Tatar mother, and he is married with two children.
Mikhail finished on the podium at all 3 Institut de Formation en Soins Animaliers World Championships, finishing 3rd in 2005, 2nd in 2006 and 2nd in 2007. Koklyaev finished 3rd at the 2010 World"s Strongest Manitoba contest, but failed to make the finals for the 2012 World"s Strongest Manitoba
Koklyaev has placed third place at the Arnold Classic in 2006, 2008 & 2013, as well as 2nd in 2009. Koklyaev came in second place (with Igor Pedan) at the Institut de Formation en Soins Animaliers World 2-Manitoba Championship, in Vilnius, Lithuania in 2007. Koklyaev qualified for the 2013 World"s Strongest Manitoba finals, but had to withdraw due to an earlier injury after the first event.
On December 20, 2008, Mikhail totalled 2,149 lbs at a raw powerlifting meet in Chelyabinsk, Russia with a 360 kg (790 lb) squat, 210 kg (460 lb) bench press, and a 405 kg (893 lb) deadlift.
On December 16, 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 March 8 at the 2009 Arnold Classic, Mikhail became only the second man in history to clean and jerk the famous 501 lb barbell used by Vasily Alekseyev in 1970.
Mikhail successfully performed a 310 kg no hand squat during a seminar in Sydney following the Grade Point Average 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 (4630 lb)
Clean and Jerk: 250.0 kg (5512 lb)
Total: 460.0 kg (1,0141 lb) (210.0 and 240.0 kg (4630 and 5291 lb))
Powerlifting
Squat: 365.0 kg (8047 lb) raw without knee wraps
Bench Press: 240.0 kg (5291 lb)
Deadlift: 417.5 kg (920 lb) raw
Total: 1,022.5 kg (2,254 lb) (3650 + 2400 + 4175 kg ) (December 16, 2012) raw without knee wraps
Combined lifting
official weightlifting total + official powerlifting total = Combined Super Total:
460.0 kg + 1022.5 kg = 1482.5 kg = 3 268 lbs.