Valeriane "Valeri" Sarava (born January 16, 1978) is a retired male weightlifter from Georgia. He qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, where he ended up in 16th place in the men's super heavyweight division (+ 105 kg). He stayed in Australia, took out Australian citizenship, and won a silver medal in the men's heavyweight division (105 kg) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.
Major results
| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
Representing  Australia
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| Commonwealth Games | ||||||||||||
| 2006 | Melbourne, Australia |
105 kg | 142 | 147 | 150 | 2 | 180 | 183 | 2 | 333 | 
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Representing  Georgia
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| Olympic Games | ||||||||||||
| 2000 | Sydney, Australia |
+105 kg | 170.0 | 18 | 210.0 | 215.0 | 15 | 385.0 | 16 | |||
| World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 1999 |  Athens, Greece |
105 kg | — | 200.0 | 24 | — | — | |||||
| Junior World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 1998 |  Sofia, Bulgaria |
105 kg | 150.0 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 5 | 185.0 | 192.5 | 5 | 352.5 | 4 | |
| 1995 |  Warsaw, Poland |
91 kg | 140.0 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 8 | 170.0 | 175.0 | 11 | 325.0 | 10 | |
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Valeriane Sarava". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- Reed, David. "Australia's Ice Man gives locals a lift". www.smh.com.au. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
Valeriane Sarava
- "Men 105 kg - Result". www.melbourne2006.com.au. Archived from the original on 10 October 2006.
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- 1978 births
- Living people
- Male weightlifters from Georgia (country)
- Olympic weightlifters for Georgia (country)
- Weightlifters at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Weightlifters at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia
- Commonwealth Games medallists in weightlifting
- Australian male weightlifters
- Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- European weightlifting biography stubs
- Georgia (country) sportspeople stubs