Aleksey Lovchev

Aleksey Vladimirovich Lovchev (Russian: Алексе́й Влади́мирович Ло́вчев; born 13 June 1989) is a Russian weightlifter.[2]

Aleksey Lovchev
Personal information
Full nameAleksey Vladimirovich Lovchev
NationalityRussian
Born (1989-06-13) 13 June 1989
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Weight140.46 kg (309.7 lb)[1]
Sport
Country Russia
SportWeightlifting
Event(s)+105kg
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • Snatch: 212 kg (2014)
  • Clean and jerk: 257 kg (2014)
  • Total: 468 kg (2014)
Medal record
World Championships
Disqualified2015 Houston+105kg
Bronze medal – third place2013 Wrocław+105kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2014 Tel Aviv+105kg
Summer Universiade
Bronze medal – third place2011 Shenzhen+105 kg
Updated on 29 November 2015.

Career

He competed at the 2013 World Championships in the Men's +105 kg, winning the bronze medal and the European Championships 2014, winning the gold medal in the Snatch, Clean and Jerk and total.[3]

In the 2015 World Championships he competed in the +105kg category, winning gold medals in the Snatch, Clean and Jerk, and Total, with a 211 kg Snatch and 264 kg world record Clean and Jerk for a world record 475 kg total. However, Lovchev failed a doping test[4] and was stripped of the World Championship gold medal and world records.

In May 2016, Lovchev was banned for four years after failing A and B-samples: he tested positive for ipamorelin, a hormone growth drug. He contested this decision at Court of Arbitration for Sport,[5][6][7] but his appeal was dismissed.[8]

Major results
Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
World Championships
2013Poland Wrocław, Poland+105 kg1911962003rd place, bronze medalist(s)230240--54303rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2014Kazakhstan Almaty, Kazakhstan+105 kg205205205--2452502571st place, gold medalist(s)----
2015United States Houston, United States+105 kg200206211--242248264----DQ
2021Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan+109 kg190196201523123723874325
European Championships
2014Israel Tel Aviv, Israel+105 kg1921972051st place, gold medalist(s)2352452521st place, gold medalist(s)4571st place, gold medalist(s)
Summer Universiade
2011China Shenzhen, China105 kg170176176320020521333753rd place, bronze medalist(s)

See also

References
  1. "Алексей Ловчев: «Профессионал должен заниматься одним делом»" [Alexey Lovchev: “A professional should do one thing”]. ironworld.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  2. "Lovchev, Aleksei". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 21 May 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  3. "Results: European Senior Weightlifting Championships Tel Aviv, April 2014". European Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  4. "2015 World Weightlifting Championships *Huge Doping Bust". 20 February 2016.
  5. Weightlifting world champion Aleksey Lovchev slapped with four-year doping ban
  6. Weight-lifter Lovchev gets four-year ban over doping abuse
  7. Champion weightlifter Lovchev slapped with doping ban
  8. "CAS Dismisse the Appeal of Alexei Lovchev". Court of Arbitration for Sport. Archived from the original on 21 July 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.


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