Ulanbek Moldodosov (russian: Уланбек Молдодосов; born June 18, 1976) is a

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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 lift ...

. Moldodosov competed at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

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, where he placed eleventh in the men's light heavyweight category (85 kg), with a total weight of 342.5 kg. At the

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, Moldodosov competed for the second time in the men's 85 kg class. He repeated his eleventh-place position in this event, as he successfully lifted 152 kg in the single-motion snatch, and hoisted 194 kg in the two-part, shoulder-to-overhead

clean and jerk The clean and jerk is a composite of two weightlifting movements, most often performed with a barbell: the clean and the jerk. During the ''clean'', the lifter moves the barbell from the floor to a racked position across the deltoids, without res ...

, for a total of 347 kg.

Major results

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NBC 2008 Olympics profile
Kyrgyzstani male weightlifters 1976 births Living people Sportspeople from Bishkek Olympic weightlifters for Kyrgyzstan Weightlifters at the 2004 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 2008 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 2002 Asian Games Weightlifters at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Kyrgyzstan Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in weightlifting 21st-century Kyrgyzstani sportsmen Islamic Solidarity Games gold medalists for Kyrgyzstan {{Kyrgyzstan-weightlifting-bio-stub