Mart Seim

Mart Seim (born 24 October 1990) is an Estonian weightlifter competing in the +105 kg category.

Mart Seim
Personal information
NationalityEstonian
Born (1990-10-24) 24 October 1990
Rakvere, Estonia
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight149 kg (328 lb)
Sport
Country Estonia
SportWeightlifting
Event(s)+109 kg
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • Snatch: 192 kg (2018)
  • Clean & jerk: 253 kg (2017)
  • Total: 444 kg (2017)

Seim competed for Estonia at the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships finishing 4th with a total of 431 kg.[1] At the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships he finished third at the men's +105 kg.[2] After Aleksey Lovchev failed doping tests, Seim was promoted to second place (Silver), and Georgian Lasha Talakhadze to Gold.[3]

Seim's father and grandfather were also weightlifters.

Major results

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil+105 kg1871871911224325025534307
World Championships
2014 Almaty, Kazakhstan+105 kg1801851881123424324644314
2015 Houston, United States+105 kg18518519012241248248438
2017 Anaheim, United States+105 kg18519119572452512534445
2018 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan+109 kg1851921951023525125164276
2019 Pattaya, Thailand+109 kg175175175212252302301740018
European Championships
2012 Antalya, Turkey+105 kg147152152172002062091035812
2013 Tirana, Albania+105 kg1651701701122022022153868
2014 Tel Aviv, Israel+105 kg17518218592262262364186
2016 Førde, Norway+105 kg1851851916235239250424
2017 Split, Croatia+105 kg18018518592352422464265
Summer Universiade
2011 Shenzhen, China+105 kg144150153121901972001334013

References

  1. "SEIM MART". International Weightlifting Federation.
  2. "SEIM MART". International Weightlifting Federation.
  3. Beltadze, Georgi (2015-12-24). "Kuna võitja põrus dopingukontrollis, kerkis Mart Seim MM-hõbedale" [Because the winner failed in doping tests, Mart Seim acceded to World Championships Silver] (in Estonian). Postimees. Retrieved 2015-12-25.
Awards
Preceded by
Rasmus Mägi
Estonian Athlete of the Year
2015
Succeeded by
Rasmus Mägi
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