Almir Velagić

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Almir Velagić
Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics - Men's +105 kg -7.jpg
Personal information
Born (1981-08-22) 22 August 1981 (age 40)
Livno, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight140 kg (309 lb)
Sport
Country Germany
SportWeightlifting
Event(s)+105 kg
Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Representing  Germany
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2009 Bucharest +105 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Tel Aviv +105 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Tbilisi +105 kg
Updated on 26 July 2012.

Almir Velagić (born 22 August 1981) is a Bosnian German weightlifter competing in the +105 kg category.

Velagić became German citizen in 2000.[1]

He competed for Germany in Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics finishing 8th with a total of 413 kg.[2]

At the 2009 European Championships he won bronze medals in snatch and clean and jerk, and overall silver in the +105 kg category, with a total of 418 kg.[3]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he again finished in 8th.[4]

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he finished 9th in the super-heavyweight weight class.[5][6]

References[]

  1. ^ "Porträt Almir Velagic" (in German). ARD. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2009.
  2. ^ "VELAGIC Almir". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2009.
  3. ^ "Gewichtheben: 6 EM-Medaillen für deutsches Team". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). 13 April 2009. Retrieved 13 April 2009.
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 December 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "Almir VELAGIC". Olympic Channel. Archived from the original on 2 March 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  6. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Almir Velagic". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.

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