Briken Calja

Briken Calja
Personal information
Born (1990-02-19) February 19, 1990
Height 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
Country  Albania
Sport Weightlifting
Event(s) 69 kg
Medal record
European Championships
2018 Bucharest–69 kg

Briken Calja (born 19 February 1990) is an Albanian weightlifter.

Results

Calja competed for Albania at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where he finished 9th in his weight class.[1] In 2013 Calja was suspended for two years for using androsterone.[2]

He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in 69kg division where he finished in 5th place.[3] In 2018 Calja became European champion in the 2018 European Weightlifting Championships in Bucharest.[4]

References

  1. ↑ London 2012 Archived 2012-08-01 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ Doping Archived March 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-26. Retrieved 2016-08-31.
  4. ↑ Oculus News (31 May 2018). "Briken Calja Europe Champion in Weightlifting with 3 gold medals". Retrieved 31 May 2018.


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