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| Native name | Олег Александрович Перепечёнов | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Oleg Aleksandrovich Perepetchenov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Russian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | September 6, 1975 Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Olympic weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | –77 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | CSKA Moskva | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Oleg Perepetchenov (born September 6, 1975)[1] is a Russian powerlifter and former weightlifter.
In the 2001 and 2002 World Weightlifting Championships, Perepetchenov won the silver medal in the Men's 77 kg weight category.[2][3] Perepetchenov competed in the Men's 77 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal, lifting 365.0 kg in total. At the 2001 and 2008 at the European Weightlifting Championships he won gold in the Men's 77 kg.[3][4] He was world champion in the 77 kg in clean and jerk at the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships.[3] At the 2008 Summer Olympics he ranked 5th in the 77 kg category, with a total of 354 kg.[3]
On February 12, 2013 the International Olympic Committee stripped Perepetchenov of his 2004 Olympic medal after both probes were retested and showed traces of anabolic steroids.[5]