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NationalityRussian Event(s)–94 kg Weight93 kg SportOlympic weightlifting Height1.76 m
CountryRussia RoleWeightlifter Years active2006- NameAleksandr Ivanov ClubKrasnoyarsk
Full nameAlexandr Konstantinovich Ivanov BornJuly 22, 1989 (age 26) (1989-07-22) Tbilisi, Georgia EducationSouth-West State University Olympic medalsWeightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 94 kg
Aleksandr Konstantinovich Ivanov (Russian: Александр Константинович Иванов; born July 22, 1989) is a Russian weightlifter. Prior to the 2012 London Summer Olympics, his best result was 403 kg (185 snatch + 218 clean and jerk achieved in Antalya 2010).
Doping
He originally was awarded the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's 94 kg category with a total of 409 kg (185 snatch + 224 clean and jerk). On 27 July 2016, the IWF reported that, in the IOC's second wave of doping re-sampling, Ivanov had tested positive for the steroid dehydrochlormethyltestosterone. On 14 September 2016, Ivanov was stripped of his Olympic silver medal.