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Aleksey Petrov

Petrov in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Aleksei Aleksandrovich Petrov
Nationality	Russian
Born	(1974-09-08) 8 September 1974 (age 50) Volgograd, Soviet Union
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) (2003)
Weight	94 kg (207 lb) (2003)
Sport
Country	Russia
Sport	Olympic weightlifting
Event(s)	91 kg 94 kg
Club	Kuntsevo Moscow
Turned pro	1994
Retired	2006
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	Snatch: 187.5 kg (1996) Clean & Jerk: 228 kg (1994) Total: 412.5 kg (1994)
Medal record Men's weightlifting Representing  Russia Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta -91 kg 2000 Sydney -94 kg World Championships 1994 Istanbul -91 kg European Championships 1994 Sokolov -91 kg 2002 Antalya -94 kg
Updated on 23 August 2013

Aleksei Aleksandrovich Petrov (Russian: Алексей Александрович Петров; born 8 September 1974) is a retired Russian weightlifter. He had his peak performance in 1994, when he won the European and world titles and set four world records: one in the snatch, two in the clean and jerk, and one in the total. In 1996, he won gold in the 91 kg (201 lb) class at the 1996 Olympics and set his second world record in the snatch. At the 2000 Olympics he finished third in the 94 kg (207 lb) class. His last international success was a European gold achieved in 2002. The Russian Olympic Committee selected younger competitors in favor of Petrov for the 2004 Olympics, partly because of his injuries, excessive weight, and a failed drug test. Meanwhile, his season best was 10 kg (22 lb) higher than the gold medal result at those Olympics.

Petrov graduated from the Volgograd Academy of Physical Education. His weightlifting idol was David Rigert, and his first coaches were his father and elder brother. In 2004 he got engaged, had a daughter born the following year and officially retired from competition in 2006. In 2009, he became deputy director of sport administration of Volgograd.

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Aleksey Petrov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
2. Aleksey Petrov. chidlovski.net
3. ^ Петров Алексей Александрович. Новая элита (2010-04-21)
4. Aleksei Mogilov (2004-08-06) Олимпийского чемпиона выгнали из сборной. utro.ru
5. ЖЕЛЕЗНЫЙ БЛИН КОМОМ. novayagazeta.ru (2004-08-12)
6. ВЫПУСКАЮЩИЕ КАФЕДРЫ Archived 2012-11-17 at the Wayback Machine. vgafk.ru
7. Давид РИГЕРТ. sport-express.ru
8. Алексей Петров вступил в новую должность, sport-vlg.ru (2009-08-27).

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• Alexei Petrov at the International Weightlifting Federation (archive)
• Alexei Petrov at the International Weightlifting Results Project
• Alexei Petrov at Database Weightlifting (in German)
• Aleksey Petrov at Olympics.com
• Aleksey Petrov at Olympic.org (archived)
• Aleksey Petrov at Olympedia (archive)

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