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 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

References
  1. "World records in old categories until 1997". iwf.net. Archived from the original on 2003-08-13.
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