Aleksey Lovchev
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| Birth name | Aleksey Vladimirovich Lovchev | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Russian | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 June 1989 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 140.46 kg (309.7 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | +105kg | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Aleksey Vladimirovich Lovchev (Russian: Алексе́й Влади́мирович Ло́вчев; born 13 June 1989) is a Russian weightlifter.[2]
Career
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 has since been found to have failed doping tests[4] and was stripped of the World championship title and world records.
In May 2016, Aleksey Lovchev has been banned for four years after failing A and B-samples, where he was tested positively for ipamorelin, a hormone growth drug. The sportsman has contested this decision at Court of Arbitration for Sport,[5][6][7] but his appeal was dismissed.[8]
Major results
| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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| 2013 |  Wrocław, Poland | +105 kg | 191 | 196 | 200 |  | 230 | -- | 5 | 430 | | |
| 2014 |  Almaty, Kazakhstan | +105 kg | -- | 245 | 250 | 257 |  | -- | -- | |||
| 2015 |  Houston, United States | +105 kg | 200 | 206 | 211 | -- | 242 | 248 | 264 | -- | -- | DQ |
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| 2014 |  Tel Aviv, Israel | +105 kg | 192 | 197 | 205 | | 235 | 245 | 252 | | 457 | |
| Summer Universiade | ||||||||||||
| 2011 |  Shenzhen, China | 105 kg | 170 | 3 | 200 | 205 | 3 | 375 | | |||
See also
References
- 1 2 http://ironworld.ru/articles/18089/
- ↑ "Lovchev, Aleksei". International Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
- ↑ "Results: European Senior Weightlifting Championships Tel Aviv, April 2014". European Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
- ↑ http://www.allthingsgym.com/2015wwc/
- ↑ Weightlifting world champion Aleksey Lovchev slapped with four-year doping ban
- ↑ Weight-lifter Lovchev gets four-year ban over doping abuse
- ↑ Champion weightlifter Lovchev slapped with doping ban
- ↑