Name Aleksey Lovchev Height 1.88 m | Weight 140 kg Event(s) +105kg | |
Birth name Aleksey Vladimirovich Lovchev Born 13 June 1989 (age 35) ( 1989-06-13 ) Personal best(s) Snatch: 212 kg (2014)Clean and jerk: 264 kg (2015, WR)Total: 475 kg (2015, WR) | ||
Aleksey lovchev russia wr 475kg 211 264 weightlifting worlds houston usa 2015
Aleksey Vladimirovich Lovchev (Russian: Алексе́й Влади́мирович Ло́вчев; born 13 June 1989) is a Russian weightlifter.
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- Aleksey lovchev russia wr 475kg 211 264 weightlifting worlds houston usa 2015
- Aleksey lovchev breaks the clean jerk and total world records
- Career
- References
Aleksey lovchev breaks the clean jerk and total world records
Career
He competed at the 2013 World Championships in the Men's +105 kg, winning the Bronze medal and the European Championships 2014, winning the Gold medal in the Snatch, Clean and Jerk and total.
In the 2015 World Championships he competed in the +105kg category, winning gold medals in the Snatch, Clean and Jerk, and Total, with a 211 kg Snatch and 264 kg world record Clean and Jerk for a world record 475 kg total. However, Lovchev has since been found to have failed doping tests and was stripped of the World championship title and world records.
In May 2016, Aleksey Lovchev has been banned for four years after failing A and B-samples, where he was tested positively for ipamorelin, a hormone growth drug. The athlete has contested this decision at Court of Arbitration for Sport, but his appeal was dismissed.