Lasha Talakhadze
Georgian weightlifter (born 1993) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lasha Talakhadze (Georgian: ლაშა ტალახაძე; born 2 October 1993) is a Georgian weightlifter, holding the all-time world records regardless of weight category in the snatch (225 kg, 496 lb), the clean and jerk (267 kg, 589 lb), and the total (492 kg, 1,085 lb) since 2021.
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Native name | ლაშა ტალახაძე |
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Born | (1993-10-02) 2 October 1993 (age 30) Sachkhere, Georgia |
Height | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) |
Weight | 183 kg (403 lb) |
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Country | Georgia |
Sport | Weightlifting |
Event | +109 kg |
Coached by | Giorgi Asanidze[1] |
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Regarded as one of the greatest weightlifters of all time, Talakhadze is a three-time Olympic champion,[3] seven-time world champion, and seven-time European champion competing in the super-heavyweight category (105 kg + until 2018[4] and 109 kg + starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories).[5] He is a three-time winner of the IWF Male Lifter of the Year.