Robert Dołęga (; born 31 December 1977) is a Polish

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. He won a silver medal for the heavyweight division at the 2000 European Weightlifting Championships in

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, and bronze at the

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. Dołęga competed in the men's heavyweight class (105 kg) at the

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. He did not finish the event, after failing to lift a snatch of 180 kg in three attempts. At the

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, Dołęga competed for his second time in the men's 105 kg class, along with his younger brother Marcin. Unlike his previous Olympics, he placed eighth in this event, as he successfully lifted 184 kg in the snatch, and hoisted 221 kg in the clean and jerk, for a total of 405 kg.

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NBC 2008 Olympics profile
Polish male weightlifters 1977 births Living people Olympic weightlifters for Poland Weightlifters at the 2004 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 2008 Summer Olympics People from Łuków Sportspeople from Lublin Voivodeship European Weightlifting Championships medalists 21st-century Polish sportsmen {{Poland-weightlifting-bio-stub