Aleksey Lovchev
- Snatch: 212 kg (2014)
- Clean and jerk: 257 kg (2014)
- Total: 468 kg (2014)
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 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
Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
World Championships | ||||||||||||
2013 | ![]() | +105 kg | 191 | 196 | 200 | ![]() | 230 | -- | 5 | 430 | ![]() | |
2014 | ![]() | +105 kg | -- | 245 | 250 | 257 | ![]() | -- | -- | |||
2015 | ![]() | +105 kg | 200 | 206 | 211 | -- | 242 | 248 | 264 | -- | 475 | DQ |
2021 | ![]() | +109 kg | 190 | 196 | 201 | 5 | 231 | 7 | 432 | 5 | ||
European Championships | ||||||||||||
2014 | ![]() | +105 kg | 192 | 197 | 205 | ![]() | 235 | 245 | 252 | ![]() | 457 | ![]() |
Summer Universiade | ||||||||||||
2011 | ![]() | 105 kg | 170 | 3 | 200 | 205 | 3 | 375 | ![]() |
See also
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Lovchev, Aleksei". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 21 May 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
- ^ "Results: European Senior Weightlifting Championships Tel Aviv, April 2014". European Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
- ^ "2015 World Weightlifting Championships *Huge Doping Bust". 20 February 2016.
- ^ 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
- ^ "CAS Dismisse the Appeal of Alexei Lovchev". Court of Arbitration for Sport. Archived from the original on 21 July 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
External links
- Aleksei Lovchev at the International Weightlifting Federation
- Alexey Lovchev at the International Weightlifting Results Project
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