Ritvars Suharevs

Ritvars Suharevs (born 11 January, 1999 in Dobele) is a Latvian weightlifter competing in the −77 kg category.

Ritvars Suharevs

Personal information
Nationality	Latvia
Born	(1999-01-11) January 11, 1999 Dobele, Latvia
Residence	Ventspils, Latvia
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	76.55 kg (168.8 lb)
Sport
Country	Latvia
Sport	Weightlifting
Event(s)	–77 kg
Coached by	Eduards Andruškevičs
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	Snatch: 156 kg (2018) Clean & jerk: 185 kg (2017) Total: 337 kg (2018)
Medal record Representing  Latvia European Junior Championships 2016 Eilat –77 kg 2015 Klaipėda –77 kg World Youth Championships 2015 Lima –69 kg European Youth Championships 2016 Nowy Tomyśl –77 kg 2015 Landskrona –69 kg 2014 Ciechanów –62 kg 2013 Klaipėda –56 kg Junior World Championships 2018 Tashkent –77 kg

Career

Born in Dobele but raised in Ventspils, 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.^[1]

Next 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.^[2]

At the 2016 European Junior Championships, Ritvars came second in the −77kg class, finishing only a kilogram behind gold medalist Davit Hovhannisyan.^[3]

Major results

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
European Championships
2016	Førde, Norway	77 kg	143	147	150	8	167	171	177	16	321	12
2017	Split, Croatia	77 kg	145	150	154	8	175	180	185	8	335	8
2018	Bucharest, Romania	77 kg	150	150	156		176	181	186	5	337	4
Junior World Weightlifting Championships
2017	Tokyo, Japan	77 kg	147	151	154		175	180	184	6	334	4
2018	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	77 kg	148	152	156		175	180	185		336

References

External links

• Athlete page at iwf.net
• Career and personal information at lov.lv
• Stats at iwrp.net