Khadzhimurat Akkaev
Akkaev in 2011
Personal information
Full nameKhadzhimurat Magomedovich Akkaev
NationalityRussian
Born (1985-03-27) March 27, 1985 (age 38)
Tyrnyauz, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight105 kg (231 lb)
Sport
CountryRussia
SportWeightlifting
Event- 105 kg
Turned pro2000-
Coached byMakhty Makkaev
Achievements and titles
Personal best430 kg (2011)
Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens −94 kg
Disqualified 2008 Beijing –94 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Paris −105 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Kazan −105 kg

Khadzhimurat Magomedovich Akkaev (Russian: Хаджимурат Магомедович Аккаев; born March 27, 1985, in Tyrnyauz, Kabardino-Balkaria, USSR)[1] is a Russian weightlifter.

Career

Akkaev competed in the men's 94 kg category at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens,[2] where he won a silver medal.[1] He is 178 cm/5 ft 10 tall and weighs 105 kg/231 lb.[3]

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing,[2] he originally was awarded the bronze medal in the 94 kg category, with a total of 402 kg.[4] In 2016, he was stripped of the medal after his sample tested positive for steroids.[5][6]

Akkaev has moved up into −105 kg weight category as a replacement for Dmitry Lapikov and Dmitry Klokov. He won the 2011 European Weightlifting Championships in Kazan, with a total of 425 kg.[3]

He became the 2011 World Champion in Paris, beating his compatriot Dmitry Klokov by 2 kg with a total of 430 kg.[3]

Akkaev was scheduled to compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 105 kg class but was forced to withdraw due to a back injury. On January 13, 2012, Akkaev was found to have failed a doping test prior to 2012 Olympic Games. He was provisionally suspended in January 2017,[6] and finally in January 2019 he was disqualified for eight years, starting from 2 August 2016 until 1 August 2024.[7][8]

Major results

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2004 Greece Athens, Greece 94 kg 180.0 185.0 187.5 2 215.0 220.0 220.0 4 405.0 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2008 China Beijing, China 94 kg 178 182 185 — 212 215 217 — — DSQ
World Championships
2011 France Paris, France 105 kg 190 195 198 1st place, gold medalist(s) 222 228 232 1st place, gold medalist(s) 430 1st place, gold medalist(s)
European Championships
2010 Belarus Minsk, Belarus 94 kg 180 180 180 — — — — — — —
2011 Russia Kazan, Russia 105 kg 185 190 195 1st place, gold medalist(s) 220 225 230 1st place, gold medalist(s) 425 1st place, gold medalist(s)

References

  1. ^ a b "AKKAEV Khadzhimurat". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 2011-05-27.
  2. ^ a b "Khadzhimurat AKKAEV". olympics.com. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "2011 Best Lifter of the Year, Khadzimurat Akkaev". International Weightlifting Federation. 2012-02-14. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  4. ^ "AKKAEV Khadzhimurat". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 2011-05-27.
  5. ^ "Doping: 2008 Beijing Olympics medal winners among 16 athletes banned for doping". bbc.com. 17 November 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  6. ^ a b "PUBLIC DISCLOSURE". International Weightlifting Federation. 2017-01-13. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
  7. ^ "Двукратного чемпиона мира из России дисквалифицировали за допинг - во второй раз в карьере". sport.segodnya.ua (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-02-22.
  8. ^ "Weightlifting: Russian Akkaev gets eight-year ban for third doping offense". Reuters. 2019-01-30. Retrieved 2022-02-17.


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