Igor Sergeyevich Son (born 16 November 1998) is a Kazakhstani
weightlifter.
In 2017, he competed in the
men's 56 kg event at the
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
The Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (abbreviated as AIMAG) is a pancontinental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. It is organised by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) and consists of Indoor and martial ...
held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. In 2018, he won the silver medal in the men's 61 kg event at the
5th International Qatar Cup held in Doha, Qatar.
He won the silver medal in the
men's 55 kg event at the
2019 World Weightlifting Championships
The 2019 World Weightlifting Championships was held in Pattaya, Thailand from 18 to 27 September 2019.
On September 12, Egypt was banned from competing at these Championships due to multiple doping offenses. The host nation, Thailand, was also ban ...
held in Pattaya, Thailand. In that same year, he also won the gold medal in the men's 61kg event at the
6th International Qatar Cup held in Doha, Qatar.
In 2021, he won the bronze medal in the
men's 61 kg event at the
2020 Summer Olympics
The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July.
Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...
in Tokyo, Japan.
In April 2022, he tested positive for a banned substance.
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1998 births
Living people
Kazakhstani male weightlifters
World Weightlifting Championships medalists
Weightlifters at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic weightlifters of Kazakhstan
Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for Kazakhstan
Olympic medalists in weightlifting
Doping cases in weightlifting
Kazakhstani sportspeople in doping cases
21st-century Kazakhstani people
Kazakhstani people of Korean descent