Aleksey Lovchev
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| Birth name | Aleksey Vladimirovich Lovchev | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Russian | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 June 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 140.46 kg (309.7 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | +105kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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| 2013 |  Wrocław, Poland |
+105 kg | 191 | 196 | 200 |  |
230 | -- | 5 | 430 |
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| 2014 |  Almaty, Kazakhstan |
+105 kg | -- | 245 | 250 | 257 |  |
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| 2015 |  Houston, United States |
+105 kg | 200 | 206 | 211 | -- | 242 | 248 | 264 | -- | -- | DQ |
| European Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2014 |  Tel Aviv, Israel |
+105 kg | 192 | 197 | 205 | |
235 | 245 | 252 | |
457 |
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| Summer Universiade | ||||||||||||
| 2011 |  Shenzhen, China |
105 kg | 170 | 3 | 200 | 205 | 3 | 375 |
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See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2015-07-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Lovchev, Aleksei". International Weightlifting Federation. 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 2016-07-21. Retrieved 2016-07-20.
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