Aleksei Aleksandrovich Petrov (Russian: Алексей Александрович Петров; born 8 September 1974) is a retired Russian weightlifter. He had his peak performance in 1994, when he won the European and world titles and set four world records: one in the snatch, two in the clean and jerk, and one in the total. In 1996, he won gold in the 91 kg (201 lb) class at the 1996 Olympics and set his second world record in the snatch. At the 2000 Olympics he finished third in the 94 kg (207 lb) class. His last international success was a European gold achieved in 2002.[1][2] The Russian Olympic Committee selected younger competitors in favor of Petrov for the 2004 Olympics, partly because of his injuries, excessive weight, and a failed drug test. Meanwhile, his season best was 10 kg (22 lb) higher than the gold medal result at those Olympics.[3][4][5]
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| Full name | Aleksei Aleksandrovich Petrov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Russian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 September 1974 Volgograd, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) (2003) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 94 kg (207 lb) (2003) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Olympic weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 91 kg 94 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Kuntsevo Moscow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Petrov graduated from the Volgograd Academy of Physical Education.[6] His weightlifting idol was David Rigert,[7] and his first coaches were his father and elder brother. In 2004 he got engaged, had a daughter born the following year and officially retired from competition in 2006.[3] In 2009, he became deputy director of sport administration of Volgograd.[8]
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Aleksey Petrov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
- ^ Aleksey Petrov. chidlovski.net
- ^ a b Петров Алексей Александрович. Новая элита (2010-04-21)
- ^ Aleksei Mogilov (2004-08-06) Олимпийского чемпиона выгнали из сборной. utro.ru
- ^ ЖЕЛЕЗНЫЙ БЛИН КОМОМ. novayagazeta.ru (2004-08-12)
- ^ ВЫПУСКАЮЩИЕ КАФЕДРЫ Archived 2012-11-17 at the Wayback Machine. vgafk.ru
- ^ Давид РИГЕРТ. sport-express.ru
- ^ Алексей Петров вступил в новую должность, sport-vlg.ru (2009-08-27).
External links
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Media related to Aleksey Petrov (weightlifter) at Wikimedia Commons
- Alexei Petrov at the International Weightlifting Federation (archive)
- Alexei Petrov at the International Weightlifting Results Project
- Alexei Petrov at Database Weightlifting (in German)
- Aleksey Petrov at Olympics.com
- Aleksey Petrov at Olympic.org (archived)
- Aleksey Petrov at Olympedia (archive)
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