Khadzhimurat Akkayev

Khadzhimurat Magomedovich Akkaev (Russian: Хаджимурат Магомедович Аккаев) (born March 27, 1985 in Tyrnyauz, Kabardino-Balkaria)[1] is a Russian weightlifter of Balkar descent.

Khadzhimurat Akkaev
Akkaev in 2011
Personal information
Full nameKhadzhimurat Magomedovich Akkaev
NationalityRussian
Born (1985-03-27) March 27, 1985
Tyrnyauz, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight105 kg (231 lb)
Sport
CountryRussia
SportWeightlifting
Event(s)- 105 kg
Turned pro2000-
Coached byMakhty Makkaev
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)430 kg (2011)
Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Olympic Games
2004 Athens −94 kg
Disqualified 2008 Beijing –94 kg
World Championships
2011 Paris−105 kg
European Championships
2011 Kazan−105 kg

Career

Akkaev competed in the men's 94 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics where he won a silver medal.[1] He is 178 cm/5 ft 10 tall and weighs 105 kg/231 lb.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics he originally was awarded the bronze medal in the 94 kg category, with a total of 402 kg.[2] In 2016, he was stripped of the medal after his sample tested positive for steroids.[3]

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

He became the 2011 World Champion in Paris, beating his compatriot Dmitry Klokov by 2 kg with a total of 430 kg.

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,[4] and finally in January 2019 he was disqualified for eight years since 2 August 2016 till 1 August 2024.[5]

Major results
Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2004 Athens, Greece94 kg180.0185.0187.52215.0220.0220.04405.0
2008 Beijing, China94 kg178182185—212215217——DSQ
World Championships
2011 Paris, France105 kg190195198222228232430
European Championships
2010 Minsk, Belarus94 kg180180180———————
2011 Kazan, Russia105 kg185190195220225230425
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References
  1. "AKKAEV Khadzhimurat". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 2011-05-27.
  2. "AKKAEV Khadzhimurat". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 2011-05-27.
  3. "Doping: 2008 Beijing Olympics medal winners among 16 athletes banned for doping". bbc.com. 17 November 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  4. http://www.iwf.net/2017/01/13/public-disclosure-78/
  5. https://www.segodnya.ua/sport/others/dvukratnogo-chempiona-mira-iz-rossii-diskvalificirovali-za-doping-vo-vtoroy-raz-v-karere-1213224.html
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