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2021 World Weightlifting Championships
The 2021 World Weightlifting Championships was a weightlifting competition held from 7 to 17 December in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Due to concerns about the rapid spread of Omicron variant and held shortly after Olympics and Chinese National Games, the tournament faced the absence of many strong competitors. 10 Olympic champions from Tokyo four months earlier, 15 world champion title holders, and entire teams from China, North Korea, Italy and Germany decided not to compete. Weightlifters competing at the event were exempt from the required quarantine when visiting Uzbekistan. The event was also designated the 2021 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships, with places in the 2022 Commonwealth Games awarded to the best Commonwealth lifter (totals only, as per the Olympics) in each eligible division. Medal summary Men Women Medal table Ranking by Big (Total result) medals Ranking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Clean & Jerk) Team ranking Men Wom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tashkent
Tashkent (, uz, Toshkent, Тошкент/, ) (from russian: Ташкент), or Toshkent (; ), also historically known as Chach is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of 2,909,500 (2022). It is in northeastern Uzbekistan, near the border with Kazakhstan. Tashkent comes from the Turkic ''tash'' and ''kent'', literally translated as "Stone City" or "City of Stones". Before Islamic influence started in the mid-8th century AD, Tashkent was influenced by the Sogdian and Turkic cultures. After Genghis Khan destroyed it in 1219, it was rebuilt and profited from the Silk Road. From the 18th to the 19th century, the city became an independent city-state, before being re-conquered by the Khanate of Kokand. In 1865, Tashkent fell to the Russian Empire; it became the capital of Russian Turkestan. In Soviet times, it witnessed major growth and demographic changes due to forced deportations from throughout the Sov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aniq Kasdan
Mohamad Aniq bin Kasdan is a Malaysian weightlifter. He won the silver medal in the Clean & Jerk men's 55 kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. He also created history by being the first Malaysian weightlifter to win a medal in the World Weightlifting Championships. Career In 2021, Aniq won a gold medal at the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. He also won a bronze medal at the 2021 Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi. In 2022, Aniq participated in the Commonwealth Games weightlifting 55 kg category. He set a new Games record of 142 kg, won Malaysia's first medal and first gold medal in the Games. References External links * * * Living people Malaysian people of Malay descent Malaysian male weightlifters 2002 births People from Johor Southeast Asian Games medalists in weightlifting Aniq Kasdan Mohamad Aniq bin Kasdan is a Malaysian weightlifter. He won the silver medal in the C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Briken Calja
Briken Calja (born 19 February 1990, Elbasan) is an Albanian weightlifter, Olympian, and European Champion competing in the 69 kg category until 2018 and 73 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories. He won the silver medal in the men's 73 kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Career Calja competed for Albania at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where he finished 9th in his weight class after lifting a total weight of 320 kg. In 2013 Calja was suspended for two years for using androsterone Androsterone, or 3α-hydroxy-5α-androstan-17-one, is an endogenous steroid hormone, neurosteroid, and putative pheromone. It is a weak androgen with a potency that is approximately 1/7 that of testosterone. Androsterone is a metabolite of test .... He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in 69kg division where he finished in 5th place after lifting 326 kg. In 2018 Calja be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adkhamjon Ergashev
Adkhamjon Ergashev (born 12 March 1999) is an Uzbekistani weightlifter competing in the 62 kg category until 2018, and the 61 kg and 67 kg categories starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories. Career He competed at the 2014 and 2015 World Weightlifting Championships, and won bronze medals at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics and 2018 Asian games. Ergashev also won the 62 kg division at the 2016 IWF Youth World Championship. At the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships he set 3 junior world records in the 61 kg class. At the 5th International Qatar Cup he competed in the 67 kg division, setting junior world records in the snatch and total. He competed in the men's 67 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Mosquera
Francisco Antonio Mosquera Valencia (born 1 April 1992) is a Colombian weightlifter, World Champion, three-time Pan American Champion and Pan American Games Champion competing in the 62 kg category until 2018 and 61 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories. Career Injury before Olympics In 2016 he tore his Patellar tendon in his left knee 10 days before the beginning of the 2016 Summer Olympics and was unable to compete. His recovery lasted 15 months and he was unable to compete until the 2017 Bolivarian Games, during which he competed in the 62 kg division winning a gold medal. World Championships Mosquera won a gold medal in the 62kg division at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships in Anaheim, this makes him the second Colombian weightlifter to win a gold medal at the World Weightlifting Championships after Leydi Solís also at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships. He also won a silver medal i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Talha Talib
Talha Talib (Urdu: ) (born 3 October 1999) is a Pakistani weightlifter from Gujranwala. He is the Pakistani national champion in the 62 kg category. He set a new record at the games in snatch as he lifted 132 kg in the third attempt with 127 kg and 130 kg in the first two attempts, respectively. He was also a gold medalist at the 2016 Commonwealth Youth Weightlifting Championships in Penang. He lifted 258 kg to clinch the gold. He is currently the top No. 1 ranked weightlifter of Pakistan. Early life and education Talib began training from the age of eight in his hometown of Gujranwala, Pakistan. His father, Muhammad Islam Natiq, was a former National Junior Weightlifting Champion and had won a bronze medal at the 1999 Asian Powerlifting Championships in New Delhi. He worked as a national weightlifting coach for Pakistan, and was the one who introduced Talib to the sport. Talib passed his matriculation from Quaid-e-Azam Divisional Public School and Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doston Yokubov
Doston Yokubov (born 5 April 1995) is an Uzbek Olympic weightlifter. He won the gold medal in the men's 67 kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. He also represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ... held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Major results References 1995 births Living people Uzbekistani male weightlifters Weightlifters at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic weightlifters of Uzbekistan Weightlifters at the 2014 Asian Games Weightlifters at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in weightlifting Asian Games silver medalists for Uzbekistan Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games World Weightlifting Championships medalists Islamic Solidarity Games competitors f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eighth of Earth's inhabitable landmass. Russia extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones and shares Borders of Russia, land boundaries with fourteen countries, more than List of countries and territories by land borders, any other country but China. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, world's ninth-most populous country and List of European countries by population, Europe's most populous country, with a population of 146 million people. The country's capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city is Moscow, the List of European cities by population within city limits, largest city entirely within E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zulfat Garaev
Zulfat Irekovich Garaev (russian: Зулфат Ирекович Гараев; born 12 January 2000) is a Russian weightlifter. He won the bronze medal in the men's 67 kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Career In 2021, he finished in 4th place in the men's 67 kg event at the European Weightlifting Championships European Weightlifting Championships is an annual event organised by the European Weightlifting Federation (EWF). It has been held since 1896. A separate event for women was held from 1988 to 1997, after which both championships have been held ... held in Moscow, Russia. He won the gold medal in his event at the 2021 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships held in Rovaniemi, Finland. Achievements References External links * Living people 2000 births People from Naberezhnye Chelny Russian male weightlifters World Weightlifting Championships medalists Sportspeople from Tatarstan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seraj Al-Saleem
Seraj Al-Saleem (born 10 February 1996) is a Saudi Arabian weightlifter. He won the bronze medal in the men's 61kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. He also won the silver medal in the men's 61kg event at the 2020 Asian Weightlifting Championships, also held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. He represented Saudi Arabia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He finished in 5th place in the men's 61 kg event. Career In 2014, he competed in the men's 56kg event at the World Weightlifting Championships held in Almaty, Kazakhstan. He also competed at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships in Anaheim, United States and the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships in Pattaya, Thailand. He competed in the men's 56kg event at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. He also represented Saudi Arabia in the men's 56kg event at the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia. He won the silver medal i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
