Lasha Talakhadze
Talakhadze at the 2016 Olympics
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| Nationality | Georgian |
| Born | 2 October 1993 Sachkhere, Georgia |
| Height | 1.97 m (6 ft 5 1⁄2 in)[1] |
| Weight | 157 kg (346 lb)[1] |
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| Country |  Georgia |
| Sport | Weightlifting |
| Event(s) | +105 kg |
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Medal record
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Lasha Talakhadze (Georgian: ლაშა ტალახაძე; born 2 October 1993 in Sachkhere) is a Georgian weightlifter competing in the +105 kg category.
Career[edit]
Talakhadze represented Georgia at the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships finishing second with a total of 454 kg.[2] After Aleksey Lovchev failed a doping test, Talakhadze was promoted to first place. At the 2016 Olympics he completed a snatch of 215 kg (breaking the world record of 214 kg set by Behdad Salimi, who then took the record back with 216 kg) and then completed a clean & jerk of 258 kg to set a new world record of 473 kg and win a gold medal.[3][4] He most recently set a new world record in the snatch at the 2017 European Weightlifting Championships with 217 kg, exceeding Salimi's previous record set at the 2016 Olympics.[5]
Major results[edit]
| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
| Olympic Games | ||||||||||||
| 2016 |  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
+105 kg | 205 | 210 | 215 | 2 | 242 | 247 | 258 | 1 | 473 |  |
| World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2010 |  Antalya, Turkey |
+105 kg | 157 | 162 | 27 | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||
| 2011 |  Paris, France |
+105 kg | 175 | 180 | 16 | 207 | 207 | -- | 25 | 387 | 20 | |
| 2015 |  Houston, United States |
+105 kg | 200 | 207 | |
238 | 247 |  |
454 | |
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| European Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2016 |  Førde, Norway |
+105 kg | 200 | 207 | 212 | |
235 | 241 | 251 | |
463 | |
| 2017 |  Split, Croatia |
+105 kg | 203 | 210 | 217 | |
238 | 245 | 250 | |
467 | |
| World Junior Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2013 |  Lima, Peru |
+105 kg | 185 | 190 | |
217 | 221 | -- | |
411 | |
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| U23 European Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2016 |  Eilat, Israel |
+105 kg | 193 | 200 | 205 | |
222 | 235 | -- | |
440 | |
| European Junior Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2011 |  Bucharest, Romania |
+105 kg | 175 | 180 | 185 | |
205 | 212 | 217 | |
402 | |
| 2012 | Eilat, Israel |
+105 kg | 175 | 183 | 190 |  |
205 | 222 | |
412 | |
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| European Youth Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2010 |  Valencia, Spain |
+94 kg | 150 | 155 | 158 | |
175 | 182 | 187 | |
345 | |
References[edit]
- ^ a b Lasha Talakhadze. rio2016.com
- ^ 2015 IWF World Championships. iwf.net
- ^ "Lasha TALAKHADZE". Rio 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ^ "Lasha Talakhadze Wins Gold, Behdad Salimi Bombs Out After World Record Snatch". BarBend.com. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ^ "Lasha Talakhadze (GEO) Snatches World Record 217kg At 2017 IWF Euros". floelite.com. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
External links[edit]
- Lasha Talakhadze at the International Weightlifting Federation
- Lasha Talakhadze at the International Weightlifting Results Project
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Olympic Champions in Weightlifting – Men's Super Heavyweight
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- 1993 births
- Living people
- World Weightlifting Championships medalists
- Male weightlifters from Georgia (country)
- Olympic weightlifters of Georgia (country)
- Olympic gold medalists for Georgia (country)
- Olympic medalists in weightlifting
- Weightlifters at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
