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This is the list of world records progression in men's weightlifting. Records are maintained in each weight class for the snatch lift, clean and jerk lift, and the total for both lifts. The International Weightlifting Federation restructured its weight classes in 1993, 1998 and 2018, nullifying earlier records.
Michels was one of 19 positive tests at the 1983 Pan American Games in Caracas, where new sophisticated testing procedures were introduced for the first time, in earnest. Michels repudiated his positive test for synthetic testosterone , which before the introduction of the Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry assay , could not be identified in ...
Hysen Pulaku (born 8 December 1992) is an Albanian weightlifter. [1] On July 23, 2012, Pulaku tested positive for stanozolol, a banned anabolic steroid. [2] On July 28, the International Olympic Committee formally ejected Pulaku from the 2012 Summer Olympics in London where he was scheduled to compete in the men's 77kg division.
PARIS (AP) — Hampton Morris does not have a driver's license. He does have an Olympic bronze medal. The 20-year-old who trains in his garage at home in Marietta, Georgia, on Wednesday became the ...
Yang Zhe (born 14 July 1991) is a Chinese weightlifter. He competed for men's 105 kg weightlifting at Guangzhou Asia 2010 and won the gold medal. [1] He also won the gold medal in 2014 Asian Games. [2] He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the Men's 105 kg. [3]
Kendrick James Farris (born July 2, 1986) is an Olympic weightlifter from the United States. He competed for the United States in the 85 kg weight class at the 2008 Summer Olympics where he placed 8th. Farris also participated in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London where he placed 10th.
The Men's +109 kg weightlifting competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place on 4 August at the Tokyo International Forum. [1] [2]Fernando Reis of Brazil was on the start list, but he was ejected from the Games after being suspended following a positive drug test for human growth hormone. [3]
David Katoatau (born 17 July 1984) is an I-Kiribati weightlifter who received international press attention due to dance routines he performed following his lifts at the 2016 Summer Olympics, in order to bring attention to the impact of climate change on Kiribati.