Andrei Chemerkin

Andrei Chemerkin

Personal information
Full name	Andrey Ivanovich Chemerkin
Born	(1972-02-17) 17 February 1972 Solnechnodolsk, Stavropol Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	168 kg (370 lb) (2002)
Medal record Men's weightlifting Representing Russia Olympic Games Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta +108 kg Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney +105 kg World Weightlifting Championships Gold medal – first place 1995 Guangzhou +108 kg Gold medal – first place 1997 Chiang Mai +108 kg Gold medal – first place 1998 Lahti +105 kg Gold medal – first place 1999 Athens +105 kg Silver medal – second place 1994 Istanbul +108 kg Bronze medal – third place 1993 Melbourne +108 kg Bronze medal – third place 2001 Antalya +105 kg European Weightlifting Championships Gold medal – first place 1994 Sokolov +108 kg Gold medal – first place 1995 Warszawa +108 kg Silver medal – second place 1993 Sofia +108 kg Silver medal – second place 1998 Riesa +105 kg

Andrey Ivanovich Chemerkin (Russian: Андрей Иванович Чемеркин, born 17 February 1972) is a former Russian weightlifter. Chemerkin was a gold medallist at the 1996 Summer Olympics, and a bronze medalist at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Andrei had a birthweight of 12,6 lbs (5,7 kg) and is to this day the heaviest weightlifter ever to win a World Championship.

Weightlifting achievements

• Olympic Games gold medallist (1996).
• 4 time World Weightlifting Championships gold medallist (1995, 1997, 1998, 1999).
• 2 time European Weightlifting Championships gold medallist (1994, 1995).
• Set 7 world records during his career
• 1991 - 1992 junior world weightlifting champion and a Russian championship winner known as the three warriors tournament

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 lb) 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

• Snatch: 202.5 kg (446 lb) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
• Clean and jerk: 262.5 kg (579 lb) (former world record in 1997)
• Total: 462.5 kg (1021 lb) (200+262.5) 1997 World Weightlifting Championships