Mart Seim

Mart Seim (born 24 October 1990) is an Estonian weightlifter competing in the +105 kg category.

Mart Seim
Personal information
NationalityEstonian
Born (1990-10-24) 24 October 1990
Rakvere, Estonia
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight149 kg (328 lb)
Sport
Country Estonia
SportWeightlifting
Event(s)+109 kg
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • Snatch: 192 kg (2018)
  • Clean & jerk: 253 kg (2017)
  • Total: 444 kg (2017)
Medal record
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2015 Houston+105 kg
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place2016 Førde+105 kg

Seim competed for Estonia at the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships finishing 4th with a total of 431 kg.[1] At the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships he finished third at the men's +105 kg.[2] After Aleksey Lovchev failed doping tests, Seim was promoted to second place (Silver), and Georgian Lasha Talakhadze to Gold.[3]

Seim's father and grandfather were also weightlifters.

Major results
Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2016Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil+105 kg1871871911224325025534307
World Championships
2014Kazakhstan Almaty, Kazakhstan+105 kg1801851881123424324644314
2015United States Houston, United States+105 kg185185190122412482481st place, gold medalist(s)4382nd place, silver medalist(s)
2017United States Anaheim, United States+105 kg18519119572452512532nd place, silver medalist(s)4445
2018Turkmenistan Ashgabat, Turkmenistan+109 kg185192195923525125154275
2019Thailand Pattaya, Thailand+109 kg175175175202252302301640017
2021Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan+109 kg175180180152252332361140012
2022Colombia Bogota, Colombia+109 kg170175177162202202201639715
2023Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia+109 kg17518018513225225232940510
European Championships
2012Turkey Antalya, Turkey+105 kg147152152172002062091035812
2013Albania Tirana, Albania+105 kg1651701701122022022153868
2014Israel Tel Aviv, Israel+105 kg17518218592262262363rd place, bronze medalist(s)4186
2016Norway Førde, Norway+105 kg18518519162352392502nd place, silver medalist(s)4243rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2017Croatia Split, Croatia+105 kg18018518592352422462nd place, silver medalist(s)4265
2023Armenia Yerevan, Armenia+109 kg1701701755220220–53954
Summer Universiade
2011China Shenzhen, China+105 kg144150153121901972001334013

References
  1. "SEIM MART". International Weightlifting Federation.
  2. "SEIM MART". International Weightlifting Federation.
  3. Beltadze, Georgi (24 December 2015). "Kuna võitja põrus dopingukontrollis, kerkis Mart Seim MM-hõbedale" [Because the winner failed in doping tests, Mart Seim acceded to World Championships Silver] (in Estonian). Postimees. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
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