Andrei Chemerkin

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.[1][2][3][4]

Andrei Chemerkin
Personal information
Full nameAndrey Ivanovich Chemerkin
Born (1972-02-17) 17 February 1972
Solnechnodolsk, Stavropol Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight168 kg (370 lb) (2002)
Medal record
Men’s weightlifting
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1996 Atlanta+108 kg
Bronze medal – third place2000 Sydney+105 kg
World Weightlifting Championships
Bronze medal – third place1993 Melbourne+108 kg
Silver medal – second place1994 Istanbul+108 kg
Gold medal – first place1995 Guangzhou+108 kg
Gold medal – first place1997 Chiang Mai+108 kg
Gold medal – first place1998 Lahti+105 kg
Gold medal – first place1999 Athens+105 kg
Bronze medal – third place2001 Antalya+105 kg
European Weightlifting Championships
Silver medal – second place1993 Sofia+108 kg
Gold medal – first place1994 Sokolov+108 kg
Gold medal – first place1995 Warszawa+108 kg
Silver medal – second place1998 Riesa+105 kg

Weightlifting achievements

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

References
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  2. 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.
  3. "Sports illustrated.com". SportsIllustrated.CNN.com. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2009.
  4. "IWRP profile". IWRP.net. Archived from the original on 6 May 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  5. "World records in old categories until 1997". IWF.net. Archived from the original on 13 August 2003.
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