The Men's Heavyweight Weightlifting Event (105 kg) is the seventh men's
weight class event at the
weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 105 kilograms of body mass. The competition at the
1999 World Weightlifting Championships
The 1999 World Weightlifting Championships were held at Peace and Friendship Stadium in Piraeus, Athens, Greece from November 21 to November 28, 1999.
It was the main qualifying events in the sport for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Austral ...
took place on in
Athens, Greece
Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...
, on 28 November 1999.
Each lifter performed in both the
snatch and
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 ...
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.
Denys Hotfrid
Denys Rudolfovych Hotfrid ( ua, Денис Рудольфович Готфрід, also transliterated Gotfrid, born 5 February 1975 in Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast) is a retired male weightlifter from Ukraine. He twice competed for his nativ ...
of
Ukraine won the gold medal.
Evgeny Shishlyannikov of
Russia finished second and Korean weightlifter
Choi Jong-keun
Choi Jong-keun (, born ) is a South Korean male weightlifter, competing in the 105 kg category and representing South Korea at international competitions. He participated at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the 105 kg event. He competed at world ...
finished third and won the bronze.
Medalists
Records
Results
References
Weightlifting DatabankWeightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics, Pages 29–30
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- Mens 105 kg, 1999 World Weightlifting Championships