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Name
  
Andrei Chemerkin


Role
  
Olympic athlete

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Full name
  
Andrey Ivanovich Chemerkin

Born
  
February 17, 1972 (age 52) (
1972-02-17
)
Solnechnodolsk, Stavropol Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

Olympic medals
  
Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Men's Super Heavyweight +108 kg

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Andrey Ivanovich Chemerkin (Russian: Андрей Иванович Чемеркин, born February 17, 1972) is a former Russian weightlifter. Chemerkin was a gold medalist at the 1996 Summer Olympics, and a bronze medalist at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

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Weightlifting achievements

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  • Olympic Games gold medalist (1996).
  • 4 time World Weightlifting Championships gold medalist (1995, 1997, 1998, 1999).
  • 2 time European Weightlifting Championships gold medalist (1994, 1995).
  • Set 7 world records during his career

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    Andrei is the winner of the World Weightlifting Championships for university year 2000 but not a Senior Championship, and he attempted the all time heaviest clean and jerk 272.5 kg 601 pounds in the 2000 Olympics which he needed to win. In addition, he is a winner of several Russian Championships. At the time he won the Olympic Games in 1996 he snatched 197.5 kg (436 lb), followed by a clean and jerk of 260 kg (573 lb) to total 457.5 kg (1010 lb).

    Career bests

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  • Snatch: 202.5 kg 446 pounds at the 2000 Summer Olympics
  • Clean and jerk: 262.5 kg 579 pounds 
  • Total: 462.5 kg 1021 pounds  (200.0 + 262.5) 1997 World Weightlifting Championships.

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    1991 - 1992 junior world weightlifting champion and a Russian championship winner known as the three warriors tournament

    References

    Andrei Chemerkin Wikipedia
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