Dmitriy Vyacheslavovich Klokov (russian: Дмитрий Вячеславович Клоков; born February 18, 1983)
is a Russian former
Olympic weightlifter
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, and World Champion. He competed in the 105 kg category.
Biography
Klokov was born in
Balashikha
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Etymology
In Finno-Ugric languages, ''Bala-shika'' means ''land of celebrations ...
, the son of
Vyacheslav Klokov, who was a world champion in the heavyweight category.
Klokov became world champion at the
2005 World Championships, with a total of 419 kg.
He also participated in the 2005 and 2006
Arnold Sports Festival
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s in
Columbus, Ohio
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. At the
2006 World Championships and
2007 World Championships he ranked 3rd.
Klokov won the silver medal at the
2008 Summer Olympics
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, with a total of 423 kg.
He won the silver medal at the
2011 World Weightlifting Championships
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Medal summary Men
Women
Medal table
Ranking by Big (Total result) medals
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, with a 196 kg snatch, 232 kg clean and jerk for a total of 428 kg at a body weight of 104.6 kg. He lost to a fellow Russian,
Khadzhimurat Akkayev by 2 kilos (on the snatch). Klokov was scheduled to compete at the
2012 Summer Olympics
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in the 105 kg class but was forced to withdraw due to undisclosed medical reasons.
In May 2015, Klokov announced his retirement from international competition.
Klokov recently signed with the Baltimore Anthem of the
National Pro Grid League.
In 2020, Klokov received retrospective doping charges from the International Testing Agency, for historic doping offences during his competitive weightlifting career.
Personal life
Klokov and his wife, Elena Klokova, have a daughter named Anastasia.
Major results
References
1983 births
Living people
World Weightlifting Championships medalists
People from Balashikha
Russian male weightlifters
Weightlifters at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic weightlifters of Russia
Olympic silver medalists for Russia
Olympic medalists in weightlifting
Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
European Weightlifting Championships medalists
Sportspeople from Moscow Oblast
20th-century Russian people
21st-century Russian people
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