Almir Velagić

Almir Velagić (born 22 August 1981) is a Bosnian German weightlifter competing in the +105 kg category.

Almir Velagić
Personal information
Born (1981-08-22) 22 August 1981
Livno, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight140 kg (309 lb)
Sport
Country Germany
SportWeightlifting
Event(s)+105 kg
Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Representing  Germany
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2009 Bucharest +105 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Tel Aviv +105 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Tbilisi +105 kg
Updated on 26 July 2012.

Velagić became a German citizen in 2000.[1] He competed for Germany in weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics, finishing 8th with a total of 413 kg.[2]

At the 2009 European Championships Velagić won bronze medals in snatch and clean and jerk, and overall silver in the +105 kg category, with a total of 418 kg.[3]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Velagić again finished 8th.[4]

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Velagić finished 9th in the super-heavyweight weight class.[5][6]

References
  1. "Porträt Almir Velagic" (in German). ARD. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2009.
  2. "VELAGIC Almir". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2009.
  3. "Gewichtheben: 6 EM-Medaillen für deutsches Team". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). 13 April 2009. Retrieved 13 April 2009.
  4. "+ 105kg men results - Weightlifting - London 2012 Olympics". Archived from the original on 17 December 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  5. "Almir VELAGIC". Olympic Channel. Archived from the original on 2 March 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  6. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Almir Velagic". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.


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