Darius Jokarzadeh

Darius Jokarzadeh
Personal information
Full nameDarius Asadullah Jokarzadeh
Born (1993-06-25) 25 June 1993 (age 31)
Cardiff, Wales
Weight127.17 kg (280.4 lb)
Sport
Country Great Britain
 Wales
SportWeightlifting
Weight class+105 kg
TeamNational team
Medal record
Representing  Wales
Men's weightlifting
Commonwealth Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Cape Town +105 kg
Updated on 13 December 2017

Darius Jokarzadeh (born (1993-06-25)25 June 1993) is a Welsh male weightlifter, competing in the +105 kg category.

Jokarzadeh was born in Cardiff to an Iranian father. He attended Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf, a secondary school that teaches through the medium of Welsh. He was a sport rower before taking up weightlifting.[1]

As a junior he set an overall British records in Olympic weightlifting in the clean & jerk, lifting 215 kg at the World Junior Championships in Lima, Peru on 10 May 2013. He represented Wales at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the +105 kg event.[2]

Major competitions

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Representing  Great Britain
European Championships
2016 Norway Førde, Norway +105 kg 162 162 168 14 190 195 202 18 357 15
2013 Albania Tirana, Albania +105 kg 165 173 178 9 190 197 202 9 375 9
2012 Turkey Antalya, Turkey +105 kg 155 155 155 16 180 185 185 15 340 15
Representing  Wales
Commonwealth Games
2014 Scotland Glasgow, Scotland +105 kg 165 175 175 4 196 212 212 4 361 4
Commonwealth Championships
2011 South Africa Cape Town, South Africa +105 kg 125 131 135 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 155 161 165 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 286 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

References

  1. ^ "Weighlifting: Darius Jokarzadeh confident he can realise Olympic dream". Wales Online. 2 May 2012.
  2. ^ "Weightlifting at the 2014 Commonwealth Games - Darius Jokarzadeh". iwf.net. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
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