Erkand Mehdi Qerimaj (born 10 August 1988) is an

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Competition results

At the 2008 European Championships he ranked 4th in the 77 kg category, with a total of 345 kg. Qerimaj competed in

Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics Weightlifting competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China were held from August 9 to August 19. Competitions were conducted at the Beihang University Gymnasium. The medal records at the 2008 Games were heavily amended following re- ...

in the 77 kg division finishing thirteenth with 341 kg. He is 5 ft 5 inches tall and weighs 170 lb. In the 2012 European Weightlifting Championships that was held in

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, Erkand Qerimaj competed in the 77 kg category. He won silver in Snatch, gold in Clean & Jerk and gold in total with 348 kg, ahead of Razvan Martin of

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. Later on Erkand Qerimaj, resulted positive in the anti-doping test at the European Championship in Antalya and was disqualified. In the

2014 European Weightlifting Championships The 2014 European Weightlifting Championships were held in Tel Aviv, Israel from 3 to 13 April 2014. Medals tables Ranking by Big (Total result) medals Ranking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Clean & Jerk) Schedule '' ...

that were held in

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, Qerimaj won bronze in Snatch, gold in Clean & Jerk and gold in total with 349 kg. Silver medalist

Daniel Godelli Daniel Godelli (born January 10, 1992, in Peqin) is an Albanian weightlifter, and Olympian competing in the 69 kg and 77 kg categories until 2018 and 81 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganiz ...

lifted the same total weight as Qerimaj, but with a slightly heavier body weight than Qerimaj took second place, leaving to Qerimaj the gold. In the

2015 World Weightlifting Championships The 2015 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Houston, United States. The event took place from November 19 to 28, 2015. This event was, together with the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships, the first stage of the Qualification Pro ...

in Houston, Texas, Qerimaj competed in the 77 kg category. He lifted 154 kg in Snatch and 188 kg in Clean & Jerk for a total of 342 kg. He won 12th place overall. He won the silver medal in the men's 73 kg Snatch event at the

2022 Mediterranean Games The 2022 Mediterranean Games ( ar, ألعاب البحر الأبيض المتوسط 2022, links=, lit=, translit=ʾAlʿāb al-Baḥr al-ʾAbyaḍ al-Mutawassiṭ 2022), officially known as the XIX Mediterranean Games and commonly known as Oran ...

held in Oran, Algeria.

Personal life

Qerimaj is currently on a relationship with his fiancée Tedi Kalaja. He became a father for the first time on 22 January 2017 when his partner gave birth to the couple's first son, named Dijar. He stated that he named his son after the Albanian word "Dije" (English: Lore).

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