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Aleksey Lovchev

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Aleksey Lovchev
Personal information
Full nameAleksey Vladimirovich Lovchev
NationalityRussian
Born (1989-06-13) 13 June 1989 (age 35)
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Weight140.46 kg (309.7 lb)[1]
Sport
Country Russia
SportWeightlifting
Event+105kg
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • Snatch: 212 kg (2014)
  • Clean and jerk: 257 kg (2014)
  • Total: 468 kg (2014)
Medal record
World Championships
Disqualified 2015 Houston +105kg
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Wrocław +105kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Tel Aviv +105kg
Summer Universiade
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Shenzhen +105 kg
Updated on 29 November 2015

Aleksey Vladimirovich Lovchev (Russian: Алексе́й Влади́мирович Ло́вчев; born 13 June 1989) is a Russian weightlifter.[2]

Career

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He competed at the 2013 World Championships in the Men's +105 kg, winning the bronze medal and the European Championships 2014, winning the gold medal in the Snatch, Clean and Jerk and total.[3]

In the 2015 World Championships he competed in the +105kg category, winning gold medals in the Snatch, Clean and Jerk, and Total, with a 211 kg Snatch and 264 kg world record Clean and Jerk for a world record 475 kg total. However, Lovchev failed a doping test[4] and was stripped of the World Championship gold medal and world records.

In May 2016, Lovchev was banned for four years after failing A and B-samples: he tested positive for ipamorelin, a hormone growth drug. He contested this decision at Court of Arbitration for Sport,[5][6][7] but his appeal was dismissed.[8]

Major results

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Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
World Championships
2013 Poland Wrocław, Poland +105 kg 191 196 200 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 230 240 -- 5 430 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2014 Kazakhstan Almaty, Kazakhstan +105 kg 205 205 205 -- 245 250 257 1st place, gold medalist(s) -- --
2015 United States Houston, United States +105 kg 200 206 211 -- 242 248 264 -- 475 DQ
2021 Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan +109 kg 190 196 201 5 231 237 238 7 432 5
European Championships
2014 Israel Tel Aviv, Israel +105 kg 192 197 205 1st place, gold medalist(s) 235 245 252 1st place, gold medalist(s) 457 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Summer Universiade
2011 China Shenzhen, China 105 kg 170 176 176 3 200 205 213 3 375 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Алексей Ловчев: "Профессионал должен заниматься одним делом"" [Alexey Lovchev: “A professional should do one thing”]. ironworld.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Lovchev, Aleksei". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 21 May 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  3. ^ "Results: European Senior Weightlifting Championships Tel Aviv, April 2014". European Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  4. ^ "2015 World Weightlifting Championships *Huge Doping Bust". 20 February 2016.
  5. ^ Weightlifting world champion Aleksey Lovchev slapped with four-year doping ban
  6. ^ Weight-lifter Lovchev gets four-year ban over doping abuse
  7. ^ Champion weightlifter Lovchev slapped with doping ban
  8. ^ "CAS Dismisse the Appeal of Alexei Lovchev". Court of Arbitration for Sport. Archived from the original on 21 July 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
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