Lasha Talakhadze

Lasha Talakhadze

Talakhadze at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
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]
Sport
Country	Georgia
Sport	Weightlifting
Event(s)	+105 kg
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	Snatch: 215 kg (2016) Clean and jerk: 258 kg (2016) Total: 473 kg (2016, WR)
Medal record Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro +105 kg World Weightlifting Championships 2015 Houston +105 kg European Weightlifting Championships Førde 2016 +105 kg

Lasha Talakhadze (ლაშა ტალახაძე; born 2 October 1993 in Sachkhere) is a Georgian weightlifter competing in the +105 kg category.

Career

Talakhadze was banned for 2 years in 2013 after testing positive for stanozolol.^[2]

He represented Georgia at the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships finishing second with a total of 454 kg.^[3] 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.^[4][5]

Major results

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
			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	162	27	180	180	--	--	--	--
2011	Paris, France	+105 kg	175	180	187	16	207	207	--	25	387	20
2015	Houston, United States	+105 kg	200	200	207		238	247	247		454
European Championships
2016	Førde, Norway	+105 kg	200	207	212		235	241	251		463
World Junior Championships
2013	Lima, Peru	+105 kg	185	190	195		217	221	--		411
European Junior Championships
2011	Bukarest, Roumania	+105 kg	175	180	185		205	212	217		402
2012	Eilat, Israel	+105 kg	175	183	190		205	222	232		412
European Youth Championships
2010	Valencia, Spain	+94 kg	150	155	158		175	182	187		345

Talakhadze at the 2016 Olympics

References

1. Lasha Talakhadze. rio2016.com
2. "Sanctioned Athletes / Athlete Support Personnel". iwf.net. International Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
3. 2015 IWF World Championships. iwf.net
4. "Lasha TALAKHADZE". Rio 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
5. "Lasha Talakhadze Wins Gold, Behdad Salimi Bombs Out After World Record Snatch". BarBend.com. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.

External links

• Lasha Talakhadze at the International Weightlifting Federation
• Lasha Talakhadze at the International Weightlifting Results Project