Ondrej Kutlík (born September 9, 1976 in
Námestovo
Námestovo ( hu, Námesztó; pl, Namiestów) is a town in northern Slovakia. It is the capital and largest town of Námestovo District in the Žilina Region. its population was 7,827.
Etymology
The name is derived from a word ''námesta'' (a r ...
,
Žilina
Žilina (; hu, Zsolna, ; german: Sillein, or ; pl, Żylina , names in other languages) is a city in north-western Slovakia, around from the capital Bratislava, close to both the Czech and Polish borders. It is the fourth largest city of ...
) is a Slovak
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 lif ...
. Kutlik represented
Slovakia
Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...
at the
2008 Summer Olympics in
Beijing
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, where he competed for the
men's light heavyweight class (85 kg). Kutlik placed twelfth in this event, as he successfully lifted 150 kg in the single-motion
snatch, and hoisted 193 kg in the two-part, shoulder-to-overhead
clean and jerk, for a total of 343 kg.
References
External links
NBC 2008 Olympics profile
1976 births
Living people
Olympic weightlifters for Slovakia
Weightlifters at the 2008 Summer Olympics
People from Námestovo
Sportspeople from the Žilina Region
Slovak male weightlifters
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