Briken Calja
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| Born | February 19, 1990 | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) | |||||||||||
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| Country |  Albania | |||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||
| Event | 69 kg | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Briken Calja (born 19 February 1990, Elbasan) is an Albanian weightlifter,[1] and European Champion competing in the 69 kg category until 2018 and 73 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[2]
Results
Calja competed for Albania at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where he finished 9th in his weight class after lifting a total weight of 320 kg.[3] In 2013 Calja was suspended for two years for using androsterone.[4]
He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in 69kg division where he finished in 5th place after lifting 326 kg.[5] In 2018 Calja became European champion in the 2018 European Weightlifting Championships in Bucharest.[6]
References
- ^ "Briken Calja Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2019-03-10.
- ^ PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 73 kg
- ^ London 2012 Archived 2012-08-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Sanctioned Athletes / Athlete Support Personnel". International Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 2019-03-10.
- ^ "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-26. Retrieved 2016-08-31.
- ^ Oculus News (31 May 2018). "Briken Calja Europe Champion in Weightlifting with 3 gold medals". Retrieved 31 May 2018.
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