Ritvars Suharevs

Ritvars Suharevs (born 11 January 1999 in Dobele) is a Latvian weightlifter, and Junior World Champion competing in the 77 kg category until 2018 and 81 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[2]

Ritvars Suharevs
Personal information
Nationality Latvia
Born (1999-01-11) 11 January 1999
Dobele, Latvia
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight80.90 kg (178.4 lb)[1]
Sport
Country Latvia
SportWeightlifting
Event(s)–81 kg
Coached byEduards Andruškevičs
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • Snatch: 162 kg (2019)
  • Clean & jerk: 192 kg (2019)
  • Total: 354 kg (2019)
Medal record
Representing  Latvia
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 Yerevan–73 kg
Bronze medal – third place2021 Moscow–81 kg
Bronze medal – third place2019 Batumi–81 kg
European Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2016 Eilat –77 kg
Silver medal – second place 2015 Klaipėda –77 kg
World Youth Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Lima –69 kg
European Youth Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Nowy Tomyśl –77 kg
Gold medal – first place 2015 Landskrona –69 kg
Gold medal – first place 2014 Ciechanów –62 kg
Gold medal – first place 2013 Klaipėda –56 kg
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tashkent –77 kg

Career

Other Competitions

Suharevs' first major result came at the 2013 European Youth Championships held in Klaipėda, Lithuania where he won three golds; coming first in the overall classification along with the individual snatch and clean & jerk.[3] The following year, in 2014, Suharevs won gold again at the European Youth Championships hosted in Ciechanów, this time in the −62 kg with a total lift of 256 kg.[4] At the 2016 European Junior Championships, Ritvars came second in the −77kg class, finishing only a kilogram behind gold medalist Davit Hovhannisyan.[5]

Major results
Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
European Championships
2016Norway Førde, Norway77 kg14314715081671711771632112
2017Croatia Split, Croatia77 kg145150154817518018583358
2018Romania Bucharest, Romania77 kg1501501563rd place, bronze medalist(s)17618118653374
2019Georgia (country) Batumi, Georgia81 kg1551601621st place, gold medalist(s)18318719253543rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Junior World Weightlifting Championships
2017Japan Tokyo, Japan77 kg1471511543rd place, bronze medalist(s)17518018463344
2018Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan77 kg1481521561st place, gold medalist(s)1751801851st place, gold medalist(s)3361st place, gold medalist(s)


References
  1. "Weightlifting. Men's 81 kg. Group A. Protocol" (PDF). olympics.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  2. PDF listing of 2018 Group B world championship entrants in 81 kg
  3. "IWRP - Weightlifting Database". iwrp.net. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  4. "EWFED Result Database". result.ewfed.com. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  5. DELFI (6 December 2016). "Svarcēlāju Suharevu tikai kilograms šķir no Eiropas junioru čempionāta zelta". DELFI (in Latvian). Retrieved 30 July 2017.


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