Oleg Sadikhov (אולג סדיחוב; also "Sadikov" and "Sodichov"; born April 4, 1966), is an Israeli former Olympic weightlifter.
Early life
Sadikhov was born in
Donetsk, Russia
Donetsk (russian: Доне́цк) is a town in Rostov Oblast, Russia, located on the Seversky Donets River on the border with Ukraine. By road it is located west of Volgograd
Volgograd ( rus, Волгогра́д, a=ru-Volgograd.ogg, p ...
, and is Jewish.
He made ''
aliyah
Aliyah (, ; he, עֲלִיָּה ''ʿălīyyā'', ) is the immigration of Jews from Jewish diaspora, the diaspora to, historically, the geographical Land of Israel, which is in the modern era chiefly represented by the Israel, State of Israel ...
'' immigrated to Israel in 1991.
Weightlifting career
In 1986, Sadikhov won the
silver medal
A silver medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of, or plated with, silver awarded to the second-place finisher, or runner-up, of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc ...
at the World Youth Championships in weightlifting, in the 75 kg category.
In the 1991 World Championships in
Donaueschingen
Donaueschingen (; Low Alemannic: ''Eschinge'') is a German town in the Black Forest in the southwest of the federal state of Baden-Württemberg in the Schwarzwald-Baar '' Kreis''. It stands near the confluence of the two sources of the river Da ...
, Germany, Sadikhov came in 10th, after lifting 317.5 kg.
Sadikhov won the
bronze medal
A bronze medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of bronze awarded to the third-place finisher of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The outright winner receive ...
at the 1992 European Championships in
Szekszárd, Hungary, in the Middleweight class (lifting 342.5 kg).
Competing for
Israel at the 1992 Summer Olympics in
Barcelona at the age of 26 in
Weightlifting--Men's Middleweight (75 kg), Sadikhov came in 10th, after lifting 332.5 kg.
When he competed in the Olympics, he weighed 163 lbs (74 kg).
References
External links
Oleg Sadikov The-Sports.org
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1966 births
Living people
People from Donetsk, Russia
Russian Jews
Israeli Jews
Soviet Jews
Israeli male weightlifters
Weightlifters at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Jewish weightlifters
Olympic weightlifters of Israel
Soviet emigrants to Israel