Khadzhimurat Magomedovich Akkaev (Russian: Хаджимурат Магомедович Аккаев; born March 27, 1985, in Tyrnyauz, Kabardino-Balkaria, USSR)[1] is a Russian weightlifter.
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| Full name | Khadzhimurat Magomedovich Akkaev | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Russian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | March 27, 1985 Tyrnyauz, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 105 kg (231 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | - 105 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 2000- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Makhty Makkaev | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | 430 kg (2011) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career edit
Akkaev competed in the men's 94 kg category at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens,[2] where he won a silver medal.[1] He is 178 cm/5 ft 10 tall and weighs 105 kg/231 lb.[3]
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing,[2] he originally was awarded the bronze medal in the 94 kg category, with a total of 402 kg.[4] In 2016, he was stripped of the medal after his sample tested positive for steroids.[5][6]
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.[3]
He became the 2011 World Champion in Paris, beating his compatriot Dmitry Klokov by 2 kg with a total of 430 kg.[3]
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. On January 13, 2012, Akkaev was found to have failed a doping test prior to 2012 Olympic Games. He was provisionally suspended in January 2017,[6] and finally in January 2019 he was disqualified for eight years, starting from 2 August 2016 until 1 August 2024.[7][8]
Major results edit
| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
| Olympic Games | ||||||||||||
| 2004 |  Athens, Greece |
94 kg | 180.0 | 185.0 | 2 | 215.0 | 220.0 | 4 | 405.0 | 
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| 2008 |  Beijing, China |
94 kg | 178 | 182 | 185 | — | 212 | 215 | 217 | — | — | DSQ |
| World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2011 |  Paris, France |
105 kg | 190 | 195 | 198 |  |
222 | 228 | 232 | |
430 |
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| European Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2010 |  Minsk, Belarus |
94 kg | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2011 |  Kazan, Russia |
105 kg | 185 | 190 | 195 | |
220 | 225 | 230 | |
425 |
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References edit
- ^ a b "AKKAEV Khadzhimurat". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 2011-05-27.
- ^ a b "Khadzhimurat AKKAEV". olympics.com. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ a b c "2011 Best Lifter of the Year, Khadzimurat Akkaev". International Weightlifting Federation. 2012-02-14. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
- ^ "AKKAEV Khadzhimurat". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 2011-05-27.
- ^ "Doping: 2008 Beijing Olympics medal winners among 16 athletes banned for doping". bbc.com. 17 November 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
- ^ a b "PUBLIC DISCLOSURE". International Weightlifting Federation. 2017-01-13. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
- ^ "Двукратного чемпиона мира из России дисквалифицировали за допинг - во второй раз в карьере". sport.segodnya.ua (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-02-22.
- ^ "Weightlifting: Russian Akkaev gets eight-year ban for third doping offense". Reuters. 2019-01-30. Retrieved 2022-02-17.
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