Aleksey Lovchev

Aleksey Lovchev
Personal information
Full 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
+105kg
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • Snatch: 212 kg (2014)
  • Clean and jerk: 257 kg (2014)
  • Total: 468 kg (2014)
Medal record
World Championships
Disqualified2015 Houston+105kg
Bronze medal – third place2013 Wrocław+105kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2014 Tel Aviv+105kg
Summer Universiade
Bronze medal – third place2011 Shenzhen+105 kg
Updated on 29 November 2015

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
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
World Championships
2013Poland Wrocław, Poland+105 kg1911962003rd place, bronze medalist(s)230240--54303rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2014Kazakhstan Almaty, Kazakhstan+105 kg205205205--2452502571st place, gold medalist(s)----
2015United States Houston, United States+105 kg200206211--242248264--475DQ
2021Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan+109 kg190196201523123723874325
European Championships
2014Israel Tel Aviv, Israel+105 kg1921972051st place, gold medalist(s)2352452521st place, gold medalist(s)4571st place, gold medalist(s)
Summer Universiade
2011China Shenzhen, China105 kg170176176320020521333753rd place, bronze medalist(s)

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Алексей Ловчев: "Профессионал должен заниматься одним делом"" [Alexey Lovchev: “A professional should do one thing”]. ironworld.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "Lovchev, Aleksei". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 21 May 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  3. ↑ "Results: European Senior Weightlifting Championships Tel Aviv, April 2014". European Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 8 April 2014. 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". Archived from the original on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  8. ↑ "CAS Dismisse the Appeal of Alexei Lovchev". Court of Arbitration for Sport. Archived from the original on 21 July 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.