Almir Velagić

Almir Velagić
Personal information
Born (1981-08-22) 22 August 1981
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 140 kg (309 lb)
Sport
Country  Germany
Sport Weightlifting
Event(s) +105 kg
Medal record
Men's Weightlifting
Representing  Germany
European Weightlifting Championships
2009 Bucharest +105 kg
2014 Tel Aviv +105 kg
2015 Tbilisi +105 kg
Updated on 26 July 2012.

Almir Velagić (born 22 August 1981 in Livno, Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a Bosnian-German weightlifter competing in the +105 kg category.

Velagić became German citizen in 2000.[1]

He competed for Germany in Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics finishing 8th with a total of 413 kg.[2]

At the 2009 European Championships he won bronze medals in snatch and clean and jerk, and overall silver in the +105 kg category, with a total of 418 kg.[3]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he again finished in 8th.[4]

Notes and references

  1. ↑ "Porträt Almir Velagic" (in German). ARD. Retrieved 2009-04-12.
  2. ↑ "VELAGIC Almir". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 2011-05-27. Retrieved 2009-04-12.
  3. ↑ "Gewichtheben: 6 EM-Medaillen für deutsches Team" (in German). Süddeutsche Zeitung. 2009-04-13. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
  4. ↑ http://www.olympic.org/olympic-results/london-2012/weightlifting/-105kg-m?event=31732


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