| Full Name: | Aleksey Vladimirovich Lovchev |
| Nationality: | Russian |
| Birth Date: | 13 June 1989 |
| Height: | [1] |
| Weight: | 140.46kg (309.66lb) |
| Sport: | Weightlifting |
| Event: | +105kg |
| Updated: | 29 November 2015 |
Aleksey Vladimirovich Lovchev (Russian: Алексе́й Влади́мирович Ло́вчев; born 13 June 1989) is a Russian weightlifter.[2]
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]
| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | ||||||
| World Championships | |||||||||||||
| 191 | 196 | 200 | 230 | -- | 5 | 430 | |||||||
| -- | 245 | 250 | 257 | -- | -- | ||||||||
| 200 | 206 | 211 | -- | 242 | 248 | 264 | -- | 475 | DQ | ||||
| 190 | 196 | 201 | 5 | 231 | 7 | 432 | 5 | ||||||
| European Championships | |||||||||||||
| +105 kg | 192 | 197 | 205 | 235 | 245 | 252 | 457 | ||||||
| Summer Universiade | |||||||||||||
| 105 kg | 170 | 3 | 200 | 205 | 3 | 375 | |||||||