Lasha Talakhadze
 Talakhadze at the 2016 Olympics | |
| Personal information | |
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| Nationality | Georgian |
| Born |
2 October 1993 Sachkhere, Georgia |
| Height | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) |
| Weight | 166.00 kg (365.97 lb) |
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| Country |
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| Sport | Weightlifting |
| Event(s) | +105 kg |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | |
Medal record
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Lasha Talakhadze (Georgian: ლაშა ტალახაძე; born 2 October 1993) is a Georgian weightlifter competing in the +105 kg category.[1][1]
Career
Talakhadze represented Georgia at the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships, and originally finished second with a total of 454 kg[2], being declared the winner after Aleksey Lovchev failed a doping test.
At the 2016 Olympics he completed a snatch of 215 kg to break the world record of 214 kg set by Behdad Salimi (who took the record back with 216 kg, equaling the all-time highest set by Antonio Krastev of Bulgaria in 1987) and then completed a clean & jerk of 258 kg to set a new world record total of 473 kg and win the gold medal.[3][4]
He set a new world record in the snatch at the 2017 European Weightlifting Championships with 217 kg, and in the process broke the all-time highest snatch.[5]
At the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships, Talakhadze broke his own snatch record with 220 kg, and he went on to set a new world record for the total with 477 kg, also breaking the all-time highest total of Leonid Taranenko from 1988.
In 2017, the Georgian National Olympic Committee awarded him the title of Georgia's Sportsperson of the Year.[6]
He has beaten the "unbeatable" records from the Soviet doping era. Coincidentally, he was himself banned for two years in 2013, for failing a doping test. [7]
Major results
| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
| Olympic Games | ||||||||||||
| 2016 |  | +105 kg | 205 | 210 | 215 WR | 2 | 242 | 247 | 258 | 1 | 473 WR |  |
| World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2010 |  | +105 kg | 157 | 162 | 27 | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||
| 2011 |  | +105 kg | 175 | 180 | 16 | 207 | -- | 25 | 387 | 20 | ||
| 2015 |  | +105 kg | 200 | 207 | | 238 | 247 |  | 454 | | ||
| 2017 | | +105 kg | 210 | 215 | 220 WR | | 243 | 250 | 257 | | 477 WR | |
| European Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2016 |  | +105 kg | 200 | 207 | 212 | | 235 | 241 | 251 | | 463 | |
| 2017 |  | +105 kg | 203 | 210 | 217 WR | | 238 | 245 | 250 | | 467 | |
| 2018 |  | +105 kg | 200 | 210 | | 235 | 247 | -- | | 457 | | |
| World Junior Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2013 |  | +105 kg | 185 | 190 | | 217 | 221 | -- | | 411 | | |
| U23 European Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2016 |  | +105 kg | 193 | 200 | 205 | | 222 | 235 | -- | | 440 | |
| European Junior Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2011 | | +105 kg | 175 | 180 | 185 | | 205 | 212 | 217 | | 402 | |
| 2012 | | +105 kg | 175 | 183 | 190 |  | 205 | 222 | | 412 | | |
| European Youth Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2010 |  | +94 kg | 150 | 155 | 158 | | 175 | 182 | 187 | | 345 | |
- CWR: Current world record
- WR: World record
References
- 1 2 Lasha Talakhadze. rio2016.com
- ↑ 2015 IWF World Championships. iwf.net
- ↑ "Lasha TALAKHADZE". Rio 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ↑ "Lasha Talakhadze Wins Gold, Behdad Salimi Bombs Out After World Record Snatch". BarBend.com. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ↑ "Lasha Talakhadze (GEO) Snatches World Record 217kg At 2017 IWF Euros". floelite.com. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
- ↑ "World record holder weightlifter Lasha Talakhadze crowned Georgia's Sportsperson of the Year". Agenda.ge. 22 December 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
- ↑ "Biography:Lasha Talakhadze". Retrieved 3 April 2018.
External links
- Lasha Talakhadze at the International Weightlifting Federation
- Lasha Talakhadze at the International Weightlifting Results Project
Olympic Champions in Weightlifting – Men's Super Heavyweight | |
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