Khadzhimurat Akkayev

Khadzhimurat Akkaev

Akkaev in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Khadzhimurat Magomedovich Akkaev
Nationality	Russian
Born	March 27, 1985 Tyrnyauz, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	105 kg (231 lb)
Sport
Country	Russia
Sport	Weightlifting
Event(s)	- 105 kg
Turned pro	2000-
Coached by	Makhty Makkaev
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	430 kg (2011)
Medal record Men's weightlifting Olympic Games 2004 Athens −94 kg World Championships 2011 Paris −105 kg European Championships 2011 Kazan −105 kg

Khadzhimurat Magomedovich Akkaev (Russian: Хаджимурат Магомедович Аккаев) (born March 27, 1985 in Tyrnyauz, Kabardino-Balkaria)^[1] is a Russian weightlifter of Balkar descent.

Career

Akkaev competed in the men's 94 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics where he won a silver medal.^[1] He is 178 cm/5 ft 10 tall and weighs 105 kg/231 lb.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics he originally won the bronze medal in the 94 kg category, with a total of 402 kg.^[2] In 2016, he was stripped of the medal after his sample tested positive for steroids.^[3]

Akkaev has moved up into −105 kg weight category as a replacement for Dmitry Lapikov and Dmitry Klokov. He won the 2011 European Weightlifting Championships in Kazan, with a total of 425 kg

He became the 2011 World Champion in Paris, beating his compatriot Dmitry Klokov by 2 kg with a total of 430 kg.

Akkaev was scheduled to compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 105 kg class but was forced to withdraw due to a back injury.

References

1. "AKKAEV Khadzhimurat". International Weightlifting Federation.
2. "AKKAEV Khadzhimurat". International Weightlifting Federation.
3. "Doping: 2008 Beijing Olympics medal winners among 16 athletes banned for doping". bbc.com. 17 November 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2016.