Anton Pliesnoi ( ka, ანტონ პლესნოი; uk, Антон Плесной; born 17 September 1996) is a Georgian and Ukrainian
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 lift ...
competing in the 94 kg division until 2018 and 96 kg starting in 2018 after the
International Weightlifting Federation
The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), headquartered in Lausanne, is the international governing body for the sport of Olympic weightlifting. The IWF was founded in 1905, and has 192 Member Federations. The IWF President is Mohammed H ...
reorganized the categories.
Career
In 2012 Anton performed for the first time at the European Youth Championship in Ukraine's squad, where he took fifth place in -77 kg category lifting 275 kg. Since 2018 he represents Georgia.
He competed at the
2019 European Weightlifting Championships
The 2019 European Weightlifting Championships was held in Batumi, Georgia from 6 to 13 April 2019.
Medal overview Men
Women
Medal table
Ranking by Big (Total result) medals
Ranking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Cl ...
winning a bronze medal in the total.
Major results
References
External links
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1996 births
Living people
Male weightlifters from Georgia (country)
World Weightlifting Championships medalists
European Weightlifting Championships medalists
Weightlifters at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic medalists in weightlifting
Olympic bronze medalists for Georgia (country)
Olympic weightlifters for Georgia (country)
Sportspeople from Dnipropetrovsk Oblast