Dimitris Minasidis ( gr, Δημήτρης Μινασίδης; born April 29, 1989) is a Cypriot weightlifter. Minasidis represented

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at the

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, where he competed for the men's lightweight category (69 kg). Minasidis placed twentieth in this event, as he successfully lifted 128 kg in the single-motion snatch, and hoisted 155 kg in the two-part, shoulder-to-overhead

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, for a total of 283 kg.

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NBC 2008 Olympics profile
Cypriot male weightlifters 1989 births Living people Olympic weightlifters for Cyprus Weightlifters at the 2008 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Cyprus Commonwealth Games medallists in weightlifting Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Cyprus Mediterranean Games medalists in weightlifting Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games European Weightlifting Championships medalists 21st-century Cypriot people Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games {{Cyprus-weightlifting-bio-stub