Mital Baltabayevich Sharipov (russian: Митал Балтабаевич Шарипов; 13 April 1972 – November 2011) was a Kyrgyzstani weightlifter. He was born in Frunze. Sharipov represented

Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Republic of China to the east. ...

at the

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, where he competed in the men's light heavyweight class. He successfully lifted 155 kg in the single-motion snatch, and hoisted 190 kg in the two-part, shoulder-to-overhead

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to deliver a sixteenth-place finish in a field of twenty weightlifters with a total of 345 kg. At the

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, Sharipov was appointed as the Kyrgyzstani

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in the opening ceremony, but has been immediately excluded by the

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for violations on anti-doping rules.

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* 1972 births 2011 deaths Kyrgyzstani male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for Kyrgyzstan Weightlifters at the 2000 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Bishkek Kyrgyzstani people of Russian descent Asian Games medalists in weightlifting Weightlifters at the 1994 Asian Games Weightlifters at the 1998 Asian Games Weightlifters at the 2002 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Kyrgyzstan Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games 20th-century Kyrgyzstani people 21st-century Kyrgyzstani people {{Kyrgyzstan-weightlifting-bio-stub