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Andrei Chemerkin

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Andrei Chemerkin

Personal information

Full name

Andrey Ivanovich Chemerkin

Born

17 February 1972 (age 52)
Solnechnodolsk, Stavropol Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

Height

183 cm (6 ft 0 in)

Weight

168 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

Andrey Ivanovich Chemerkin (Russian: Андрей Иванович Чемеркин, born 17 February 1972) is a former Russian weightlifter. Chemerkin was a gold medallist 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.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Weightlifting achievements[edit]

Olympic Games gold medallist (1996).
4 time World Weightlifting Championships gold medallist (1995, 1997, 1998, 1999).
2 time European Weightlifting Championships gold medallist (1994, 1995).
Set 7 world records during his career
1991 - 1992 junior world weightlifting champion and a Russian championship winner known as the three warriors tournament^{[citation needed]}

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 lb) 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[edit]

Snatch: 202.5 kg (446 lb) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Clean and jerk: 262.5 kg (579 lb) (former world record in 1997)^[5]
Total: 462.5 kg (1021 lb) (200+262.5) 1997 World Weightlifting Championships

References[edit]

^ "Chidlovski.net/liftup". Archived from the original on 18 September 2008. Retrieved 2 December 2009.

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Andrei Chemerkin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.

^ "Sports illustrated.com". SportsIllustrated.CNN.com. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2009.

^ "IWRP profile". IWRP.net. Archived from the original on 6 May 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2014.

^ "World records in old categories until 1997". IWF.net. Archived from the original on 13 August 2003.