Artyom Maksimovich Okulov (russian: Артём Максимович Окулов, born 5 May 1994) is a Russian

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 ...

, and two time World Champion competing in the 85 kg category until 2018 and 89 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

At the

2010 Summer Youth Olympics The 2010 Summer Youth Olympics ( ta, 2010 கோடைக்கால இளையோர் ஒலிம்பிக் விளையாட்டுக்கள் ms, Sukan Olimpik Belia Musim Panas 2010), officially known as the I Summer ...

he won the gold medal in the 77 kg category with a total of 327 kg. He was the bronze medalist in the 85 kg category at both the

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and

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World Championships. In 2015 he became world champion in the 85 kg category, and Okulov was named Honored Master of Sports of Russia, the highest national sports title. In 2018, the

restructured the weight categories, and Okulov competed in, and won the 89 kg category becoming World Champion again.Artyom OKULOV
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Major results

References

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* Russian male weightlifters Living people World Weightlifting Championships medalists Weightlifters at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics 1994 births Universiade medalists in weightlifting Universiade silver medalists for Russia Youth Olympic gold medalists for Russia European Weightlifting Championships medalists Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade {{Russia-weightlifting-bio-stub