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| Full name | Andrey Ivanovich Chemerkin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1972-02-17) 17 February 1972 (age 52) Solnechnodolsk, Stavropol Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 168 kg (370 lb) (2002) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Weightlifting achievements
- Olympic Games gold medallist (1996).
- 4 time World Weightlifting Championships gold medallist (1995, 1997, 1998, 1999).
- 2 time European Weightlifting Championships gold medallist (1994, 1995).
- Set 7 world records during his career
- 1991 - 1992 junior world weightlifting champion and a Russian championship winner known as the three warriors tournament
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
- Snatch: 202.5 kg (446 lb) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Clean and jerk: 262.5 kg (579 lb) (former world record in 1997)
- Total: 462.5 kg (1021 lb) (200+262.5) 1997 World Weightlifting Championships
References
- "Chidlovski.net/liftup". Archived from the original on 18 September 2008. Retrieved 2 December 2009.
- 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.
- "Sports illustrated.com". SportsIllustrated.CNN.com. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2009.
- "IWRP profile". IWRP.net. Archived from the original on 6 May 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
- "World records in old categories until 1997". IWF.net. Archived from the original on 13 August 2003.
External links
- Andrei Chemerkin at the International Weightlifting Federation
- Andrei Chemerkin at the International Weightlifting Results Project
- Andrei Chemerkin at Olympics.com
- Andrei Chemerkin at Olympedia (archive)
| Olympic Champions in Weightlifting – Men's Super Heavyweight | |
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- 1972 births
- Living people
- People from Izobilnensky District
- Russian male weightlifters
- Olympic weightlifters for Russia
- Olympic gold medalists for Russia
- Olympic bronze medalists for Russia
- Weightlifters at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Weightlifters at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in weightlifting
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Stavropol Krai
- European Weightlifting Championships medalists
- World Weightlifting Championships medalists
- 20th-century Russian sportsmen
- Recipients of the Order of Courage (Russia)