Andrei Chemerkin
Personal information
Full nameAndrey Ivanovich Chemerkin
Born (1972-02-17) 17 February 1972 (age 52)
Solnechnodolsk, Stavropol Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight168 kg (370 lb) (2002)
Medal record
Men’s weightlifting
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta +108 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney +105 kg
World Weightlifting Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Melbourne +108 kg
Silver medal – second place 1994 Istanbul +108 kg
Gold medal – first place 1995 Guangzhou +108 kg
Gold medal – first place 1997 Chiang Mai +108 kg
Gold medal – first place 1998 Lahti +105 kg
Gold medal – first place 1999 Athens +105 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Antalya +105 kg
European Weightlifting Championships
Silver medal – second place 1993 Sofia +108 kg
Gold medal – first place 1994 Sokolov +108 kg
Gold medal – first place 1995 Warszawa +108 kg
Silver medal – second place 1998 Riesa +105 kg

Andrey Ivanovich Chemerkin (Russian: Андрей Иванович Чемеркин, born 17 February 1972) is a former Russian weightlifter. Chemerkin was a gold medallist at the 1996 Summer Olympics, and a bronze medalist at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Andrei had a birthweight of 12,6 lbs (5,7 kg) and is to this day the heaviest weightlifter ever to win a World Championship.[1][2][3][4]

Weightlifting achievements

Andrei is the winner of the World Weightlifting Championships for university year 2000 but not a Senior Championship, and he attempted the all time heaviest clean and jerk 272.5 kg (601 lb) in the 2000 Olympics which he needed to win. In addition, he is a winner of several Russian Championships. At the time he won the Olympic Games in 1996 he snatched 197.5 kg (436 lb), followed by a clean and jerk of 260 kg (573 lb) to total 457.5 kg (1010 lb).

Career bests

References

  1. ^ "Chidlovski.net/liftup". Archived from the original on 18 September 2008. Retrieved 2 December 2009.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Andrei Chemerkin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Sports illustrated.com". SportsIllustrated.CNN.com. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2009.
  4. ^ "IWRP profile". IWRP.net. Archived from the original on 6 May 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  5. ^ "World records in old categories until 1997". IWF.net. Archived from the original on 13 August 2003.

External links

Olympic Champions in Weightlifting – Men's Super Heavyweight
World Champions in Weightlifting – Men's Super Heavyweight
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