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Aleksandr Ivanov (weightlifter)

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Nationality
  
Russian

Event(s)
  
–94 kg

Weight
  
93 kg

Sport
  
Olympic weightlifting

Height
  
1.76 m


Country
  
Russia

Role
  
Weightlifter

Years active
  
2006-

Name
  
Aleksandr Ivanov

Club
  
Krasnoyarsk

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Full name
  
Alexandr Konstantinovich Ivanov

Born
  
July 22, 1989 (age 34) (
1989-07-22
)
Tbilisi, Georgia

Education
  
South-West State University

Olympic medals
  
Weightlifting 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.

References

Aleksandr Ivanov (weightlifter) Wikipedia