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Weightlifting At The 2016 Summer Olympics
Weightlifting competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 6 to 16 August at the Pavilion 2 of Riocentro. 260 athletes (156 men and 104 women) competed in 15 different events according to their respective weight categories. Bulgaria and Russia were banned from participating in the sport for systematic doping. Events 15 sets of medals were awarded in the following events: Competition schedule There were at most three sessions of competition on each day of the 2016 Olympics Weightlifting program: * Morning session: 10:00–14:00 BRT * Afternoon session: 15:30–17:30 BRT * Evening session: 19:00–21:00 BRT Qualification Similar to 2012 format, a total of 260 athletes qualified through a combination of team and individual spots. Host nation Brazil had already guaranteed three automatic places for men and two for women, while ten spots (six for men and four for women) were entitled to the athletes through the Tripartite Commission Invitation, le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riocentro
Riocentro is an exhibition and convention center located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Built in 1977, it is the largest exhibition center in Latin America. Notable events 1981 May Day attack On April 30, 1981, during a May Day music concert, Riocentro was the target of a terrorist attack by hardliner members of the Brazilian military dictatorship (1964–1985). Sergeant Guilherme Pereira do Rosário and then-Captain Wilson Dias Machado, nowadays a Colonel, were responsible for detonating two bombs at the venue. Around 9 p.m., however, one of the bombs exploded in the lap of Sergeant Rosário, killing him and seriously wounding Machado. A second bomb exploded a few miles away at a powerhouse responsible for providing electrical energy to Riocentro; it was thrown over the fence and exploded on the ground, and the electric power supply was never interrupted that evening. The government immediately blamed left-wing radicals for the attack. This theory had no support at the time o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weightlifting At The 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 53 Kg
The Women's 53 kg weightlifting competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place on 7 August at the Pavilion 2 of Riocentro. Schedule All times are Time in Brazil Time in Brazil is calculated using standard time, and the country (including its offshore islands) is divided into four standard time zones: UTC−02:00, UTC−03:00, UTC−04:00 and UTC−05:00. Time zones Fernando de Noronha time (UTC−0 ... ( UTC-03:00) Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows. Results New records References {{DEFAULTSORT:Weightlifting At The 2016 Summer Olympics - Women's 53 kg Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olymp Women's events at the 2016 Summer Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shi Zhiyong (weightlifter, Born 1993)
Shi Zhiyong (; born 10 October 1993) is a Chinese weightlifter, two time Olympic Champion, three time World Champion and four time Asian Champion competing in the 69 kg category until 2018 and 73 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories. Shi was born Shi Lei (Chinese: 石磊), but his coach Zhan Xugang gave him the new name after former Olympic Champion Shi Zhiyong. He holds the current world records in the -73 kg class for the snatch, clean and jerk and total, and has set 13 world records. Career Olympics In 2016 he competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 69 kg category. After the snatch portion of the competition he was in second place, trailing Daniyar İsmayilov by a single kg. Shi was able to beat Daniyar İsmayilov by two kg in the clean & jerk portion of the competition, lifting 190 kg over Daniyar's 188 kg, this gave him a total of 352 kg and an Olympic gold medal. In 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farkhad Kharki
Farkhad Kharki (born 20 April 1991) is a Kazakhstani Olympic weightlifter. He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics where he won a bronze medal in the –62 kg event. Kharki was suspended for 2 years from July 2013 after testing positive for metenolone in a doping test A drug test is a technical analysis of a biological specimen, for example urine, hair, blood, breath, sweat, or oral fluid/saliva—to determine the presence or absence of specified parent drugs or their metabolites. Major applications of drug .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Kharki, Farkhad 1991 births Living people Kazakhstani male weightlifters Weightlifters at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic weightlifters of Kazakhstan Olympic bronze medalists for Kazakhstan Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in weightlifting Doping cases in weightlifting Kazakhstani sportspeople in doping cases 21st-century Kazakhstani people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eko Yuli Irawan
Eko Yuli Irawan (born 24 July 1989) is an Indonesian weightlifter, Olympian, and World Champion competing in the 62 kg category until 2018 and 61 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories. Irawan started his career at the 2006 World Junior Championships, when he won a silver medal. Since then, he has continued his brilliant career by achieving many achievements. In his career he has won four medals at the Summer Olympics, five medals at world championships, and three medals at the Asian Games, including a gold in 2018. He is one of only 5 weightlifting athletes who has won 4 Olympic medals. Career Irawan's father worked as a paddle rickshaw driver, while his mother was selling vegetables. Irawan took up weightlifting in 2000. At the 2006 Junior World Championships he won the silver medal in the 56 kg category, lifting 269 kg in total. At the 2007 Junior World Championships he won the gold medal in the 5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Óscar Figueroa (weightlifter)
Oscar Albeiro Figueroa Mosquera (born 27 April 1983) is a Colombian weightlifter, and Olympic Champion (gold-medalist) competing in the 62 kg category until 2018 and 67 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories. He was born in the rural township of Zaragoza, located in Cartago, Valle del Cauca, Colombia. He initially retired from the sport after the 2016 Summer Olympics, but has returned to international competition and has competed at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships. He formally announced his retirement again in November 2019. Career Olympics At the 2004 Summer Olympics he ranked 5th in the snatch as well as the clean & jerk in the 56 kg category, lifting a total of 280 kg, and finished 5th overall. In the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics, Figueroa failed to make a lift in the snatch category, he was unable to lift the bar from the floor in all three attempts. After the competition, it wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinphet Kruaithong
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Sinphet "Dui" Kruaithong ( th, สินธุ์เพชร กรวยทอง; born 22 August 1995 in Chumphon Buri District, Surin Province) is a Thai Olympic weightlifter. He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where he won the bronze medal. With this he became the first Thai male weightlifter to win an olympic medal. His grandmother died while celebrating his victory. References 1995 births Living people Sinphet Kruaithong Weightlifters at the 2016 Summer Olympics Sinphet Kruaithong Sinphet Kruaithong Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in weightlifting Weightlifters at the 2018 Asian Games Sinphet Kruaithong Sinphet Kruaithong Sinphet Kruaithong Sinphet "Dui" Kruaithong ( th, สินธุ์เพชร กรวยทอง; born 22 August 1995 in Chumphon Buri District, Surin Province) is a Thai Olympic weightlifter. He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics ) , n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Om Yun-chol
Om Yun-chol or Um Yoon-chul ( ko, 엄윤철; or ; born 18 November 1991) is a North Korean weightlifter, Olympic Champion, and five time World Champion competing in the 56 kg category until 2018 and 55 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories. He is and weighs . Om represents the Amnokgang Sports Team. He is also the fourth man to lift over 3 times bodyweight in the clean & jerk multiple times after succeeding in breaking the world record clean and jerk of 169 kg in the −56 kg weight class during the Asian Interclub Championships, and has accomplished this feat 3 more times since the Asian Interclub Championships, at the 2014 Asian Games, 2015 World Weightlifting Championships, and the 2016 Summer Olympics. He was also the sixth man to lift at least triple his bodyweight in the clean & jerk in international competition, having done so seven times; the others are Naim Süleymanoğlu, Stefan Topurov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Long Qingquan
Long Qingquan (, born December 3, 1990 in Longshan, Xiangxi, Hunan) is a Chinese weightlifter. He is a two-time Olympic champion in the 56 kg weight division. Career Long qualified for the 56 kg class at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he won a gold medal in the 56 kg weightlifting. He achieved two junior world records on his way to winning the gold in the men's weightlifting 56 kg category. The following year, he won the gold medal in the 56 kg category at the 2009 World Weightlifting Championships, with 292 kg in total. Long failed to defend his title in 2010, losing out to compatriot Wu Jingbiao, and did not qualify for the 2011 Championships. He again lost out to Wu during the national trials for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Long took silver at the next World Championship meet in 2013, behind 2012 Olympic champion Om Yun-chol, and a bronze medal in 2014. He failed to register a lift at the 2015 World Weightlifting Champions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazil At The 2016 Summer Olympics
Brazil was the host nation of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's twenty-second appearance at the Summer Olympics, having competed in all editions in the modern era from 1920 onwards, except the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. Setting a milestone in Olympic history, Brazil became the first South American country to host the Summer Olympics, and the second Latin American host following the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico. In this edition, Brazil beat both its previous highest number of gold medals obtained at one Olympics until this games (five gold medals in Athens 2004), and its record of total medals won at a Games (17 medals in Beijing 2008 and London 2012). Brazil won gold for the first time in two sports: boxing (Robson Conceição in men's lightweight) and football (men's team). It was also the first time a Brazilian athlete won three medals at one Games: Isaquias Queiroz in canoeing (two silvers and one bronze) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weightlifting At The 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's +75 Kg
The Women's +75 kg weightlifting competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 14 August at the Pavilion 2 of Riocentro. Schedule All times are Time in Brazil Time in Brazil is calculated using standard time, and the country (including its offshore islands) is divided into four standard time zones: UTC−02:00, UTC−03:00, UTC−04:00 and UTC−05:00. Time zones Fernando de Noronha time (UTC−0 ... ( UTC-03:00) Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows. Results References {{DEFAULTSORT:Weightlifting At The 2016 Summer Olympics - Women's +75 kg Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olymp Women's events at the 2016 Summer Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weightlifting At The 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 75 Kg
The Women's 75 kg weightlifting competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 12 August at the Pavilion 2 of Riocentro. Schedule All times are Time in Brazil Time in Brazil is calculated using standard time, and the country (including its offshore islands) is divided into four standard time zones: UTC−02:00, UTC−03:00, UTC−04:00 and UTC−05:00. Time zones Fernando de Noronha time (UTC−0 ... ( UTC-03:00) Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows. Results References {{DEFAULTSORT:Weightlifting At The 2016 Summer Olympics - Women's 75 kg Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olymp Women's events at the 2016 Summer Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
