Adrian Edward Zieliński (; born 28 March 1989) is a Polish

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. He is the 2012 Olympic champion in the men's 85 kg category.

Personal life

Adrian Edward Zieliński was born on 28 March 1989 in

Nakło nad Notecią Nakło nad Notecią (Polish pronunciation: ; german: Nakel an der Netze) is a town in northern Poland on the river Noteć with 23,687 inhabitants (2007). It is the seat of Nakło County, and also of Gmina Nakło nad Notecią, situated in the Kuya ...

. He is the brother of

Tomasz Zieliński Tomasz Bernard Zieliński (; born 29 October 1990 in Nakło nad Notecią) is a Polish weightlifter. He won gold at the 2016 European Championships in the −94 kg category. Personal life Zieliński was born 29 October 1990 in Nakło nad No ...

, who is also a weightlifter.

Career

Zieliński formerly competed in the 85 kg category. He won a gold medal at the 2010 World Championships in Antalya, Turkey with a 383 kg total. He took bronze at the 2011 World Championships in Paris. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in

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, he won gold with a total of 385 kg. In 2014, Zieliński moved to the 94 kg category. He won gold at the 2014 European Championships in Tel Aviv and silver at the 2015 World Championships in

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. He was disqualified from the 2016 Summer Olympics after an illegal substance (

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) was detected in his A sample from the Polish national championships in July.

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