(1972-02-17) 17 February 1972 (age 52) Solnechnodolsk, Stavropol Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height
183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight
168 kg (370 lb) (2002)
Medal record
Men’s weightlifting
Representing Russia
Olympic Games
1996 Atlanta
+108 kg
2000 Sydney
+105 kg
World Weightlifting Championships
1993 Melbourne
+108 kg
1994 Istanbul
+108 kg
1995 Guangzhou
+108 kg
1997 Chiang Mai
+108 kg
1998 Lahti
+105 kg
1999 Athens
+105 kg
2001 Antalya
+105 kg
European Weightlifting Championships
1993 Sofia
+108 kg
1994 Sokolov
+108 kg
1995 Warszawa
+108 kg
1998 Riesa
+105 kg
Andrey Ivanovich Chemerkin (Russian: Андрей Иванович Чемеркин, born 17 February 1972) is a former Russian weightlifter. Chemerkin was a gold medallist at the 1996 Summer Olympics, and a bronze medalist at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Andrei had a birthweight of 12,6 lbs (5,7 kg) and is to this day the heaviest weightlifter ever to win a World Championship.[1][2][3][4]
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