Aleksey Lovchev

Aleksey Vladimirovich Lovchev (Russian: Алексе́й Влади́мирович Ло́вчев; born 13 June 1989) is a Russian weightlifter.[2]

Aleksey Lovchev
Personal information
Birth nameAleksey Vladimirovich Lovchev
NationalityRussian
Born (1989-06-13) 13 June 1989
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Weight140.46 kg (309.7 lb)[1]
Sport
Country Russia
SportWeightlifting
Event(s)+105kg
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • Snatch: 212 kg (2014)
  • Clean and jerk: 257 kg (2014)
  • Total: 468 kg (2014)
Medal record
World Championships
Disqualified2015 Houston+105kg
2013 Wrocław+105kg
European Championships
2014 Tel Aviv+105kg
Summer Universiade
2011 Shenzhen+105 kg
Updated on 29 November 2015.

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
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
World Championships
2013 Wrocław, Poland+105 kg191196200230240--5430
2014 Almaty, Kazakhstan+105 kg205205205--245250257----
2015 Houston, United States+105 kg200206211--242248264----DQ
European Championships
2014 Tel Aviv, Israel+105 kg192197205235245252457
Summer Universiade
2011 Shenzhen, China105 kg17017617632002052133375

See also

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2015-07-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Lovchev, Aleksei". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 2014-05-21. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  3. "Results: European Senior Weightlifting Championships Tel Aviv, April 2014". European Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  4. "2015 World Weightlifting Championships *Huge Doping Bust". 20 February 2016.
  5. Weightlifting world champion Aleksey Lovchev slapped with four-year doping ban
  6. Weight-lifter Lovchev gets four-year ban over doping abuse
  7. Champion weightlifter Lovchev slapped with doping ban
  8. "CAS Dismisse the Appeal of Alexei Lovchev". Court of Arbitration for Sport. Archived from the original on 2016-07-21. Retrieved 2016-07-20.


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