Denis Aleksandrovich Ulanov (born 28 October 1993) is a Kazakh

Olympic 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 ...

. He represented his country at the

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, where he won the bronze medal.

Career

In the Men's 85 kg Weightlifting competition at the

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winning the bronze medal. He initially finished fourth behind

Gabriel Sîncrăian Gabriel Sîncrăian (born 21 December 1988) is a Romanian weightlifter who competes in the 85 kg weight division. Career He took part in the 2012 and 2016 Olympics and won a bronze medal in the same 85-kg event in 2016. Sîncrăian won two ...

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, who was later on October 13, 2016, the IWF reported that bronze medalist

had tested positive for excess testosterone in a test connected to the

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. Denis participated in the men's 85 kg class at

2016 Asian Weightlifting Championships The 2016 Asian Weightlifting Championships was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan from April 22 - 30, 2016. It was the 46th men's and 27th women's championship. Medal summary Men Women Medal table Ranking by Big (Total result) medals Ranking ...

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. He won gold - snatched 168 kg and jerked an additional 205 kg for a total of 373 kg. Ulanov won a gold medal at the

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, snatching 165 kg and clean and jerking 200 kg, setting 365 kg for a total.

Major results

Doping sanction

In September of 2013 Ulanov won the Asian Junior Cup in

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, after the competition he had produce positive doping test. He used

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and he was banned between 17.10.2013 - 17.10.2015.

References

1993 births Living people Kazakhstani male weightlifters Weightlifters at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic weightlifters of Kazakhstan Universiade medalists in weightlifting Universiade gold medalists for Kazakhstan Olympic bronze medalists for Kazakhstan Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade 21st-century Kazakhstani people {{Kazakhstan-sport-bio-stub