Alexandr Zaichikov

Alexandr Zaichikov
Personal information
Born (1992-08-17) August 17, 1992 (age 32)
Height1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight105 kg (231 lb)
Sport
Country Kazakhstan
SportWeightlifting
Event105 kg
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro – 105 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Houston –105 kg

Alexandr Zaichikov (Belarusian: Аляксандр Зайчыкаў; born August 17, 1992, in Minsk) is a Belarusian-born Kazakh weightlifter.[1] He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the –105 kg event, and in the same event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2] He won a Bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[3]

Zaichikov was suspended for 2 years in 2013 by the International Weightlifting Federation after testing positive for Stanozolol.[4]

Major results

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2012 United Kingdom London, United Kingdom 105 kg 155 165 165 13 195 201 205 8 360 12
2016 Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 105 kg 185 190 193 3 223 227 227 4 416 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
World Championships
2015 United States Houston, United States 105 kg 186 191 191 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 225 230 233 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 421 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2018 Turkmenistan Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 102 kg 165 165 170 9 195 195 – 10 360 9

References

  1. ^ "Alexandr Zaichikov". London2012.com. Archived from the original on August 1, 2012. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
  2. ^ "ZAICHIKOV Alexandr - Olympic Weightlifting". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Karim Massimov congratulates Zaichikov and Levit on winning Olympic medals". pm.kz. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
  4. ^ "Sanctioned Athletes / Athlete Support Personnel". iwf.net. International Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 11 August 2016.


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