Anton Pliesnoi

Anton Pliesnoi (Georgian: ანტონ პლესნოი; Ukrainian: Антон Плесной; born 17 September 1996) is a Georgian and Ukrainian weightlifter[1] competing in the 94 kg division until 2018 and 96 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[2]

Anton Pliesnoi
Personal information
Nationality Ukraine →  Georgia
Born (1996-09-17) 17 September 1996
Dnipro,  Ukraine
Weight96.00 kg (212 lb)
Sport
CountryGeorgia
SportWeightlifting
Event(s)–96 kg
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2020 Tokyo–96 kg
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2019 Pattaya–96 kg
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place2019 Batumi–96 kg
Gold medal – first place2021 Moscow–96 kg

Career

In 2012 Anton performed for the first time at the European Youth Championship in Ukraine's squad, where he took fifth place in -77 kg category lifting 275 kg. Since 2018 he represents Georgia.

He competed at the 2019 European Weightlifting Championships winning a bronze medal in the total.[3][4]

Major results
Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2020Japan Tokyo, Japan96 kg173177177420621021033873rd place, bronze medalist(s)
World Championships
2018Turkmenistan Ashgabat, Turkmenistan96 kg1671731777198206211113798
2019Thailand Pattaya, Thailand96 kg1721771811st place, gold medalist(s)20320921343943rd place, bronze medalist(s)
European Championships
2019Georgia (country) Batumi, Georgia96 kg1651701732nd place, silver medalist(s)19820420443773rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2021Russia Moscow, Russia96 kg1711751801st place, gold medalist(s)2072132211st place, gold medalist(s)3931st place, gold medalist(s)
European U23 Championships
2019Romania Bucharest, Romania96 kg1681681731st place, gold medalist(s)2002082151st place, gold medalist(s)3881st place, gold medalist(s)
World cup
2020Italy Rome, Italy96 kg1701761801st place, gold medalist(s)2012102201st place, gold medalist(s)3861st place, gold medalist(s)

References
  1. "Athlete Results". IWF.net. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  2. PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 96 kg
  3. "2019 European Weightlifting championships Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 May 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  4. "Georgian Bronze of Anton Pliesnoi". Georgian Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
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