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Weightlifting At The 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 94 Kg
The men's 94 kg weightlifting event was the sixth men's event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 94 kilograms of body mass. The whole competition took place on August 17, but was divided in two parts due to the number of competitors. Group B weightlifters competed at 10:00, and Group A, at 19:00. This event was the thirteenth weightlifting event to conclude. Each lifter performed in both the snatch and clean and jerk lifts, with the final score being the sum of the lifter's best result in each. The athlete received three attempts in each of the two lifts; the score for the lift was the heaviest weight successfully lifted. Schedule All times are China Standard Time ( UTC+08:00) Records Results * Ilya Ilyin of Kazakhstan originally won the gold medal, but he was disqualified after he tested positive for stanozolol. * Khadzhimurat Akkaev of Russia originally won the bronze medal, but he was disqualified after he tested positive for de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beihang University Gymnasium
Beihang University Gymnasium (, sometime listed as the Beijing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics Gymnasium) is a 5,400-seat indoor arena located on the campus of Beihang University in Beijing, China. It hosted weightlifting competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics and powerlifting competitions at the 2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was .... ReferencesBeijing2008.cn profile Venues of the 2008 Summer Olympics Sports venues in Beijing Indoor arenas in China Olympic weightlifting venues University sports venues in China Sports venues completed in 2001 2001 establishments in China {{Summer-Olympic-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jürgen Spieß
Jürgen Spieß (also spelled Spiess, born March 26, 1984, in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg) is a German weightlifter competing in the 94 kg category. He competed in Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics finishing 9th with a total of 384 kg. At the 2009 European Championships he won overall gold in the 94 kg category, with a total of 390 kg. At the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ..., having moved up to heavyweight (105 kg), he finished 9th in that category also. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he finished 10th in the heavyweight category. References External links * * * * 1984 births Living people Sportspeople from Heidelberg German male weightlifters Weightlifters at the 2008 Summer Olympics Weigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbekistan to the south, and Turkmenistan to the southwest, with a coastline along the Caspian Sea. Its capital is Astana, known as Nur-Sultan from 2019 to 2022. Almaty, Kazakhstan's largest city, was the country's capital until 1997. Kazakhstan is the world's largest landlocked country, the largest and northernmost Muslim-majority country by land area, and the ninth-largest country in the world. It has a population of 19 million people, and one of the lowest population densities in the world, at fewer than 6 people per square kilometre (15 people per square mile). The country dominates Central Asia economically and politically, generating 60 percent of the region's GDP, primarily through its oil and gas industry; it also has vast mineral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nizami Pashayev
Nizami (Persian: نظامی) may refer to: People * Nizami (name) * Nizami Ganjavi, Persian poet * Nezami Aruzi, Persian author and poet Places * Nizami raion, a settlement and rayon in Baku, Azerbaijan * Nizami, Goranboy, a village and municipality in the Goranboy Rayon of Azerbaijan * Nizami, Sabirabad, a village and municipality in the Sabirabad Rayon of Azerbaijan * Nizami Order, a Sufi order in Pakistan and India * Nizami, Armenia, a village in the Ararat Province of Armenia * Nezami, Iran, a village in Semnan Province, Iran Other uses * ''Nizami'' (opera) * Dars-i-Nizami, an Islamic study curriculum used in South Asia * 3770 Nizami, an asteroid * Nizami Museum of Azerbaijan Literature, in Baku, Azerbaijan * Nizami Mausoleum, built in honor of Nizami Ganjavi in Ganja, Azerbaijan * Nizami Gəncəvi (Baku Metro), built in honor of Nizami Ganjavi in Baku, Azerbaijan * Nizami (Plural: Nizamis) - People who were serving Nizam of Hyderabad in various capacities * ''Nizam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khadzhimurat Akkaev
Khadzhimurat Magomedovich Akkaev (russian: Хаджимурат Магомедович Аккаев; born March 27, 1985 in Tyrnyauz, Kabardino-Balkaria, USSR) is a Russian weightlifter. Career Akkaev competed in the men's 94 kg category at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he won a silver medal. He is 178 cm/5 ft 10 tall and weighs 105 kg/231 lb. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, he originally was awarded the bronze medal in the 94 kg category, with a total of 402 kg. In 2016, he was stripped of the medal after his sample tested positive for steroids. Akkaev has moved up into −105 kg weight category as a replacement for Dmitry Lapikov and Dmitry Klokov. He won the 2011 European Weightlifting Championships in Kazan, with a total of 425 kg. He became the 2011 World Champion in Paris, beating his compatriot Dmitry Klokov by 2 kg with a total of 430 kg. Akkaev was scheduled to compete at the 2012 Summer Olympi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilya Ilyin
Ilya Aleksandrovich Ilyin (russian: Илья Александрович Ильин; born 24 May 1988) is a retired Kazakhstani weightlifter who won four world championships. On 12 December, 2015 at the President's Cup in Grozny, Russia, Ilyin set two world records in the −105 kg class. He lifted 246 kg in the clean and jerk and 437 kg in the total. Ilyin was named IWF World Weightlifter of the Year four times: in 2005, 2006, 2014, and 2015. Originally a two-time Olympic gold medalist in 2008 and 2012, Ilyin was officially stripped of his gold medals on 25 November, 2016, by the IWF due to doping violations after retests of his samples given at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics. Athletic career Ilyin became Kazakhstan's first junior and senior weightlifting world champion when he placed first overall in the −85 kg class at the 2005 World Weightlifting Championships. He snatched 170 kg and clean and jerked 216 kg (for which he also won the clean and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eduardo Guadamud
Eduardo Francisco Guadamud Braulio (born June 11, 1986 in Esmeraldas) is an Ecuadorian weightlifter. At the 2008 Pan American Weightlifting Championships he won silver in the 94 kg category, with a total of 355 kg. He competed in the 94 kg class at the 2008 Summer Olympics, but did not finish. He won the bronze medal at the 2011 Pan American Games in the 94 kg event. Major competitions Personal bests * Snatch: 175.0 kg + * Clean and jerk The clean and jerk is a composite of two weightlifting movements, most often performed with a barbell: the clean and the jerk. During the ''clean'', the lifter moves the barbell from the floor to a racked position across the deltoids, without res ...: 215.0 kg + * Squat: 2 × 310 kg References * Eduardo Guadamud Comité Olímpico Ecuatoriano Athlete Biography GUADAMUD Eduardoat beijing2008 External links * 1986 births Living people Ecuadorian male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for Ecuador ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bartłomiej Bonk
Bartłomiej Wojciech Bonk (born 11 October 1984) is a Polish weightlifter. He won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ... in the men's 105 kg category with a total of 410 kg. He also competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, but failed to score. . sports-reference.com References Polish male weightlifters[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ravi Bhollah
Ravi Bhollah (born September 28, 1981) is a Mauritian weightlifter who competed in the men's 94 kg category at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 .... Bhollah placed thirteenth in his category, by lifting a snatch of 125 kg, and a clean and jerk of 150 kg, with a total of 275 kg. He currently holds the position of National Head Coach of the Mauritius Weightlifting Team. After his career as a Weightlifter in 2011, Ravi Bhollah joined the local club of Highland Blues and started playing Rugby. He played for the Mauritius National Rugby team and represented Mauritius at the Confederation African Cup in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016. References External links * NBC 2008 Olympics profile 1981 births Living people Mauritia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anastasios Triantafyllou
Anastasios Triantafyllou ( gr, Αναστάσιος Τριανταφύλλου; born May 30, 1987) is a Greek weightlifter. Triantafyllou represented Greece at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's middle-heavyweight category (94 kg), along with his compatriot Konstantinos Gkaripis. He successfully lifted 155 kg in the single-motion snatch, and hoisted 196 kg in a two-part, shoulder-to-overhead clean and jerk, for a total of 351 kg, finishing behind his compatriot Gkaripis by nine kilograms in fifteenth place. In 2009 Triantafyllou was suspended for 2 years after he failed a drug test for methylhexanamine Methylhexanamine (also known as methylhexamine, 1,3-dimethylamylamine, 1,3-DMAA, dimethylamylamine, and DMAA; trade names Forthane and Geranamine) is an indirect sympathomimetic drug invented and developed by Eli Lilly and Company and marketed as ... doping. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konstantinos Gkaripis
Konstantinos Gkaripis ( gr, Κωνσταντίνος Γκαρίπης; born March 12, 1981, in Serres) is a Greek weightlifter. Gkaripis represented Greece at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's middle-heavyweight category (94 kg), along with his compatriot Anastasios Triantafyllou. He successfully lifted 160 kg in the single-motion snatch, and hoisted 200 kg in a two-part, shoulder-to-overhead clean and jerk The clean and jerk is a composite of two weightlifting movements, most often performed with a barbell: the clean and the jerk. During the ''clean'', the lifter moves the barbell from the floor to a racked position across the deltoids, without res ..., for a total of 360 kg, finishing only in fourteenth place. References External linksNBC 2008 Olympics profile Greek male weightlifters 1981 births Living people Olympic weightlifters for Greece Weightlifters at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugen Bratan
Eugen Bratan (also ''Evgheni Bratan'', born May 22, 1981, in Cahul) is a Moldovan weightlifter. He won a bronze medal for the 94 kg class at the 2007 European Weightlifting Championships in Strasbourg, France, with a total of 382 kg. He is also a brother of two-time Olympian Alexandru Bratan (2000 and 2004). Bratan made his official debut for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he competed in the men's middle heavyweight category class (94 kg). He finished only in tenth place by 2.5 kilograms short of his record from Spain's Santiago Martínez, with a total of 380 kg (175 in the snatch and 205 in the clean and jerk). At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Bratan qualified for the second time in the men's 94 kg class, after winning the bronze medal in the snatch from the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Bratan placed thirteenth in this event, as he successfully lifted 170 kg in the single-motion snatch, and hoisted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
