Valeriane "Valeri" Sarava (born January 16, 1978) is a retired male
weightlifter from
Georgia. He qualified for the
2000 Summer Olympics
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in
Sydney, Australia
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, where he ended up in 16th place in the men's super heavyweight division (+ 105 kg). He stayed in Australia, took out Australian citizenship, and won a silver medal in the men's heavyweight division (105 kg) at the
2006 Commonwealth Games
The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially the XVIII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Melbourne 2006 (Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm 2006'' or ''Naarm 2006''), was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth held ...
in
Melbourne.
Major results
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1978 births
Living people
Male weightlifters from Georgia (country)
Olympic weightlifters for Georgia (country)
Weightlifters at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Weightlifters at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia
Commonwealth Games medallists in weightlifting
Australian male weightlifters
Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Place of birth missing (living people)
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