Kirill Pavlov (born 13 September 1986 in

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competing in the 77 kg category. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics, finishing 9th. He won the silver medal at the 2010 Asian Games. He originally finished fourth in the clean and jerk and total at the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships, but gold medalist

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was disqualified after he tested positive for

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use, giving Pavlov two bronze medal performances. He is notable in weightlifting for his unorthodox clean technique, with a very pronounced hitch at the hips and diving under the bar.

Major results

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Kazakhstani male weightlifters 1986 births Living people World Weightlifting Championships medalists Weightlifters at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic weightlifters for Kazakhstan Kazakhstani people of Russian descent Asian Games medalists in weightlifting Weightlifters at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Kazakhstan Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games 20th-century Kazakhstani people 21st-century Kazakhstani people Sportspeople from Almaty {{Kazakhstan-weightlifting-bio-stub