Khadzhimurat Akkaev

Khadzhimurat Akkaev

Akkaev in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Khadzhimurat Magomedovich Akkaev
Nationality	Russian
Born	(1985-03-27) March 27, 1985 (age 39) Tyrnyauz, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	105 kg (231 lb)
Sport
Country	Russia
Sport	Weightlifting
Event	- 105 kg
Turned pro	2000-
Coached by	Makhty Makkaev
Achievements and titles
Personal best	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

Khadzhimurat Magomedovich Akkaev (Russian: Хаджимурат Магомедович Аккаев, Karachay-Balkar: Аккайланы Магомедни жашы Хаджимурат, romanized: Akkaylanı Magomedni caşı Xacimurat; born March 27, 1985, in Tyrnyauz, Kabardino-Balkaria, USSR)[1] is a Russian weightlifter.

Career

Akkaev competed in the men's 94 kg category at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens,[2] where he won a silver medal.[1] He is 178 cm/5 ft 10 tall and weighs 105 kg/231 lb.[3]

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing,[2] he originally was awarded the bronze medal in the 94 kg category, with a total of 402 kg.[4] In 2016, he was stripped of the medal after his sample tested positive for steroids.[5][6]

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.[3]

He became the 2011 World Champion in Paris, beating his compatriot Dmitry Klokov by 2 kg with a total of 430 kg.[3]

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,[6] and finally in January 2019 he was disqualified for eight years, starting from 2 August 2016 until 1 August 2024.[7][8]

Major results

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
Olympic Games
2004	Athens, Greece	94 kg	180.0	185.0	187.5	2	215.0	220.0	220.0	4	405.0
2008	Beijing, China	94 kg	178	182	185	—	212	215	217	—	—	DSQ
World Championships
2011	Paris, France	105 kg	190	195	198		222	228	232		430
European Championships
2010	Minsk, Belarus	94 kg	180	180	180	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	Kazan, Russia	105 kg	185	190	195		220	225	230		425

References

1. "AKKAEV Khadzhimurat". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 2011-05-27.
2. "Khadzhimurat AKKAEV". olympics.com. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
3. "2011 Best Lifter of the Year, Khadzimurat Akkaev". International Weightlifting Federation. 2012-02-14. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
4. "AKKAEV Khadzhimurat". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 2011-05-27.
5. "Doping: 2008 Beijing Olympics medal winners among 16 athletes banned for doping". bbc.com. 17 November 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
6. "PUBLIC DISCLOSURE". International Weightlifting Federation. 2017-01-13. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
7. "Двукратного чемпиона мира из России дисквалифицировали за допинг - во второй раз в карьере". sport.segodnya.ua (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-02-22.
8. "Weightlifting: Russian Akkaev gets eight-year ban for third doping offense". Reuters. 2019-01-30. Retrieved 2022-02-17.