Albanian weightlifter (born 1990)
Briken Calja (born 19 February 1990, Elbasan) is an Albanian weightlifter,[2] Olympian, and European Champion competing in the 69 kg category until 2018 and 73 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[3] He won the silver medal in the men's 73 kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[4]
Career
Calja competed for Albania at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where he finished 9th in his weight class after lifting a total weight of 320 kg.[5] In 2013 Calja was suspended for two years for using androsterone.[6]
He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in 69kg division where he finished in 5th place after lifting 326 kg.[7] In 2018 Calja became European champion in the 2018 European Weightlifting Championships in Bucharest.[8]
Major results
Year
|
Venue
|
Weight
|
Snatch (kg)
|
Clean & Jerk (kg)
|
Total
|
Rank
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
Rank
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
Rank
|
Representing Albania
|
Olympic Games
|
2012 |
London, United Kingdom |
69 kg |
143 |
146 |
146 |
8 |
173 |
174 |
177 |
6 |
320 |
6
|
2016 |
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
69 kg |
145 |
151 |
151 |
7 |
175 |
181 |
184 |
5 |
326 |
5
|
2020 |
Tokyo, Japan |
73 kg |
151 |
151 |
155 |
7 |
184 |
188 |
190 |
4 |
341 |
4
|
World Championships
|
2006 |
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
62 kg |
110 |
115 |
116 |
24 |
140 |
145 |
145 |
29 |
256 |
28
|
2010 |
Antalya, Turkey |
69 kg |
135 |
140 |
145 |
13 |
167 |
172 |
173 |
14 |
307 |
11
|
2011 |
Paris, France |
69 kg |
140 |
140 |
145 |
15 |
170 |
170 |
172 |
19 |
312 |
15
|
2015 |
Houston, United States |
69 kg |
143 |
143 |
143 |
12 |
177 |
183 |
187 |
7 |
326 |
7
|
2017 |
Anaheim, United States |
69 kg |
142 |
145 |
146 |
4 |
175 |
180 |
180 |
5 |
317 |
4
|
2018 |
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan |
73 kg |
148 |
153 |
157 |
6 |
181 |
186 |
189 |
7 |
339 |
6
|
2019 |
Pattaya, Thailand |
73 kg |
151 |
156 |
— |
|
181 |
190 |
190 |
13 |
337 |
5
|
2021 |
Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
73 kg |
152 |
154 |
156 |
|
182 |
186 |
190 |
|
342 |
|
European Championships
|
2008 |
Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy |
69 kg |
125 |
130 |
135 |
10 |
160 |
160 |
160 |
14 |
295 |
13
|
2009 |
Bucharest, Romania |
69 kg |
130 |
133 |
137 |
9 |
157 |
163 |
— |
13 |
290 |
10
|
2012 |
Antalya, Turkey |
69 kg |
140 |
145 |
146 |
4 |
170 |
175 |
177 |
8 |
315 |
6
|
2013 |
Tirana, Albania |
69 kg |
142 |
142 |
142 |
— |
173 |
174 |
177 |
|
— |
—
|
2016 |
Førde, Norway |
69 kg |
142 |
145 |
147 |
|
177 |
178 |
178 |
— |
— |
—
|
2017 |
Split, Croatia |
69 kg |
145 |
145 |
145 |
— |
170 |
175 |
178 |
|
— |
—
|
2018 |
Bucharest, Romania |
69 kg |
141 |
143 |
146 |
|
171 |
175 |
175 |
|
321 |
|
2019 |
Batumi, Georgia |
73 kg |
152 |
156 |
160 |
|
183 |
183 |
188 |
|
339 |
|
2021 |
Moscow, Russia |
73 kg |
152 |
157 |
157 |
|
183 |
184 |
188 |
|
336 |
|
References
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