Andrei Chemerkin

Andrey Ivanovich Chemerkin (Russian: Андрей Иванович Чемеркин, born February 17, 1972) is a former Russian weightlifter. Chemerkin was a gold medalist at the 1996 Summer Olympics, and a bronze medalist at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Andrei had a birthweight of 12,6 lbs (5,7 kg) and is to this day the heaviest weightlifter ever to win a World Championship.

Andrei Chemerkin
Personal information
Full nameAndrey Ivanovich Chemerkin
BornFebruary 17, 1972 (1972-02-17) (age 48)
Solnechnodolsk, Stavropol Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight168 kg (370 lb) (2002)
Medal record
Men’s weightlifting
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
1996 Atlanta+108 kg
2000 Sydney+105 kg
World Weightlifting Championships
1993 Melbourne+108 kg
1994 Istanbul+108 kg
1995 Guangzhou+108 kg
1997 Chiang Mai+108 kg
1998 Lahti+105 kg
1999 Athens+105 kg
2001 Antalya+105 kg
European Weightlifting Championships
1993 Sofia+108 kg
1994 Sokolov+108 kg
1995 Warszawa+108 kg
1998 Riesa+105 kg

Weightlifting achievements

Andrei is the winner of the World Weightlifting Championships for university year 2000 but not a Senior Championship, and he attempted the all time heaviest clean and jerk 272.5 kg 601 pounds in the 2000 Olympics which he needed to win. In addition, he is a winner of several Russian Championships. At the time he won the Olympic Games in 1996 he snatched 197.5 kg (436 lb), followed by a clean and jerk of 260 kg (573 lb) to total 457.5 kg (1010 lb).

Career bests

1991 - 1992 junior world weightlifting champion and a Russian championship winner known as the three warriors tournament

References
  1. "All-Time Top Lists (200-250-450)". Lift Up. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
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