Mikhail won the +125 kg class in the 2012 WPC Raw European Championships on April 26, 2012 with a squat, bench press, and a deadlift [REF].
On Sunday March 8 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 [REF].