Andrey Ivanovich Chemerkin (russian: Андрей Иванович Чемеркин, born 17 February 1972) is a former

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weightlifter Olympic weightlifting, or Olympic-style weightlifting (officially named Weightlifting), is a sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ground to overhead, with each athlete trying to successfully lif ...

. Chemerkin was a gold medallist at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

, and a bronze medalist at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from ...

. 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.

Weightlifting achievements

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gold medallist (1996). * 4 time

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gold medallist (1995, 1997, 1998, 1999). * 2 time European Weightlifting Championships gold medallist (1994, 1995). * Set 7 world records during his career * 1991 - 1992 junior world weightlifting champion and a Russian championship winner known as the three warriors tournament 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

* Snatch: 202.5 kg (446 lb) at the

* Clean and jerk: 262.5 kg (579 lb) (former

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in 1997) * Total: 462.5 kg (1021 lb) (200+262.5)

1997 World Weightlifting Championships The 1997 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Chiang Mai, Thailand from December 6 to December 14, 1997. In the men's tournament there were a total number of 189 athletes (51 nations) competing, while there were 143 women in action from ...

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chemerkin, Andrei 1972 births Living people People from Izobilnensky District Russian male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters of Russia Olympic gold medalists for Russia Olympic bronze medalists for Russia Weightlifters at the 1996 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in weightlifting Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Stavropol Krai European Weightlifting Championships medalists World Weightlifting Championships medalists 20th-century Russian people