Ilya Ilin

Ilya Ilin

Personal information
Nationality	Kazakhstan
Born	May 24, 1988 (1988-05-24) Kyzylorda, Kazakhstan
Height	1.75 metres (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	94 kilograms (207 lb)
Sport
Country	Kazakhstan
Sport	Weightlifting
Event(s)	– 94 kg
Medal record Olympic Games Gold 2008 Beijing -94 kg World Championships Total Gold 2005 Doha -85 kg Gold 2006 Santo Domingo -94 kg Gold 2011 Paris -94 kg Asian Games Gold 2010 Guangzhou -94 kg

Ilya Ilin (Kazakh: Илья Ильин) (born 24 May 1988) is a Kazakh weightlifter. He is 175cm tall.

Ilin participated in the men's -85 kg class at the 2005 World Weightlifting Championships and won the gold medal, snatching 170 kg and jerking 216 kg for a total of 386 kg. His clean and jerk of 216 and total of 386 are the current junior men's world records in the -85 kilo class.

Ilin competed in the men's -94 kg class at the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships and won the gold medal, snatching 175 kg and jerking 217 kg for a total of 392 kg. He attempted to set a world record in the clean and jerk with 233 kg on his last two attempts but was unsuccessful on both.

Ilin competed in the men's -94 kg class at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games (in group A) and won the gold medal, snatching 180 kg and jerking 226 kg for a total of 406 kg. He won in sudden death fashion over the Polish competitor Szymon Kołecki who took Silver in the event. Akkaev Khadzhimurat took Bronze.

In 2011, he competed in the men's -94 kg class at the world championships and won the gold medal, snatching 181 kg and jerking 226 kg for a total of 407 kg.

Achievements

2011 World Weightlifting Championships, -94 kg;

2006 World Weightlifting Championships, -94 kg;

2005 World Weightlifting Championships, -85 kg;

2008 Beijing Olympic Games, -94 kg.