Artem Udachyn
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Artem Serhiyovych Udachyn ( ua, Артем Сергійович Удачин; born March 26, 1980) is a male weightlifter from Ukraine. He twice competed for his native country at the
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(2000 and 2008) in the men's super heavyweight division (+ 105 kg), finishing in 11th and 4th place in the final standings. In the 2003 world weightlifting championships in Vancouver he got the silver medal in the total, but it was later taken away because of doping use. Udachyn was registered as the joint heaviest athlete at the London 2012 Olympics (alongside
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), weighing 160 kg.


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* 1980 births Living people Ukrainian male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for Ukraine Weightlifters at the 2000 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Mariupol World Weightlifting Championships medalists European Weightlifting Championships medalists 21st-century Ukrainian sportsmen {{Ukraine-weightlifting-bio-stub