Artem Ivanov (born December 16, 1987, in Dnipropetrovsk) is a

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(until 2014) and

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n (since 2014)

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 ...

. His best total is 420 kg (190 snatch + 230 clean and jerk - Ukrainian Championships 2012). If this had not been completed at a domestic event, it would have represented a substantial increase on the world record at this weight division. At the 2012 Olympic Games, Ivanov did not appear for his weigh-in, prompting speculation of injury, and leaving rival

Ilya Ilyin Ilya Aleksandrovich Ilyin (russian: Илья Александрович Ильин; born 24 May 1988) is a retired Kazakhstani weightlifter who won four world championships. On 12 December, 2015 at the President's Cup in Grozny, Russia, Ilyin ...

to comfortably retain his title.

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* 1987 births Living people Ukrainian male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for Ukraine Weightlifters at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Dnipro Russian male weightlifters World Weightlifting Championships medalists Ukrainian emigrants to Russia Naturalised citizens of Russia European Weightlifting Championships medalists {{Ukraine-weightlifting-bio-stub