Arli Chontey

Arli Chontey (born 1 July 1992) is a Kazakhstani male weightlifter who competes in the -55 kg division. He won the gold medal in the men's 55 kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[3]

Arli Chontey
Arli Chotney at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games
Personal information
Native nameАрли Чонтей
NationalityKazakhstani
Born (1992-07-01) 1 July 1992
Kyrgyzstan[1]
Alma materKazakh Academy of Sport and Tourism[2]
Height1.50 m (4 ft 11 in)
Weight54.81 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Country Kazakhstan
SportOlympic Weightlifting
Event(s)–55 kg
Coached byNurlan Aitmurzayev
Medal record
Representing  Kazakhstan
Men's weightlifting
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2021 Tashkent55 kg
Silver medal – second place2018 Ashgabat55 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place2020 Tashkent55 kg
Silver medal – second place2022 Manama55 kg
Bronze medal – third place2019 Ningbo55 kg
Disqualified2023 Jinju55 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
Gold medal – first place 2021 Konya 55 kg
Summer Universiade
Bronze medal – third place2017 Taipei56 kg

Chontey was born in Kyrgyzstan and moved to China at a young age. Not given a chance to get into China's national weightlifting team, he moved back to Kyrgyzstan in 2008. In 2011, Chontey began training with the Kazakh national team in 2011. In 2012, he became a citizen of Kazakhstan.[1]

Competition

He finished sixth overall at the 2013 and 2014 World Championships, and placed second in the snatch in 2015, but failed all attempts in the clean and jerk.[4] He qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[5]

He won the silver medal in the men's 55 kg event at the 2022 Asian Weightlifting Championships held in Manama, Bahrain.[6]

He won the silver medal in the men's 55 kg Snatch event at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.[7][8]

Major results
Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Representing  Kazakhstan
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil56 kg125130132514815315462784
World Championships
2013 Wrocław, Poland56 kg117123123713514014572576
2014 Almaty, Kazakhstan56 kg1221261294145150150112746
2015 Houston, United States56 kg1271311322nd place, silver medalist(s)150150150———
2018 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan55 kg1151181202nd place, silver medalist(s)13513813852582nd place, silver medalist(s)
2019 Pattaya, Thailand55 kg115118120513814314562635
2021 Tashkent, Uzbekistan55 kg1131161182nd place, silver medalist(s)1371401423rd place, bronze medalist(s)2601st place, gold medalist(s)
2022 Bogotá, Colombia55 kg1151181182nd place, silver medalist(s)14014114462594
Asian Games
2014 Incheon, South Korea56 kg122127127814515015082677
Asian Championships
2013 Astana, Kazakhstan56 kg1101101156135135135———
2019 Ningbo, China55 kg1071111132nd place, silver medalist(s)12812813342463rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2020 Tashkent, Uzbekistan55 kg1101131151st place, gold medalist(s)1361401421st place, gold medalist(s)2551st place, gold medalist(s)
2022 Manama, Bahrain55 kg1131161183rd place, bronze medalist(s)1371401441st place, gold medalist(s)2602nd place, silver medalist(s)
2023
Summer Universiade
2013 Kazan, Russia56 kg107112115113013513582454
2017 Taipei, Taiwan56 kg115120120313514014332583rd place, bronze medalist(s)

References
  1. "Arli Chontei". iwf.net. International Weightlifting Federation. p. 1. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  2. Arli Chontey. universiade2013.sportresult.com
  3. Oliver, Brian (7 December 2021). ""Lost in space" Bulgarians start recovery mission with weightlifting World Championships medal". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  4. Arli Chontey. the-sports.org
  5. Arli Chontey Archived 6 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
  6. "2022 Asian Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). IWF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 October 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  7. Oliver, Brian (6 December 2022). "Gold for China and Chanu recovery lights up weightlifting World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  8. "2022 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). IWF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
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