Aleksey Lovchev Explained
| 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 (ru|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 |
|---|
| | | 191 | 196 | 200 | | 230 | 240 | -- | 5 | 430 | |
| | | 205 | 205 | 205 | -- | 245 | 250 | 257 | | -- | -- |
| | | 200 | 206 | 211 | -- | 242 | 248 | 264 | -- | 475 | DQ |
| | | 190 | 196 | 201 | 5 | 231 | 237 | 238 | 7 | 432 | 5 |
| European Championships |
|---|
| | +105 kg | 192 | 197 | 205 | | 235 | 245 | 252 | | 457 | |
| Summer Universiade |
|---|
| | 105 kg | 170 | 176 | 176 | 3 | 200 | 205 | 213 | 3 | 375 | | |
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Алексей Ловчев: "Профессионал должен заниматься одним делом" . Alexey Lovchev: “A professional should do one thing” . ironworld.ru . ru . 2015-07-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305021001/http://ironworld.ru/articles/18089/ . 2016-03-05 . dead .
- Web site: Lovchev, Aleksei . International Weightlifting Federation . 18 April 2014 . 2014-05-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140521074806/http://www.iwf.net/results/athletes/?athlete=lovchev-aleksei-1989-06-13&id=9954 . dead .
- Web site: Results: European Senior Weightlifting Championships Tel Aviv, April 2014 . European Weightlifting Federation . 18 April 2014.
- Web site: 2015 World Weightlifting Championships *Huge Doping Bust. 20 February 2016.
- http://www.firstpost.com/sports/weightlifting-aleksey-lovchev-doping-ban-wada-iaaf-russia-2785252.html Weightlifting world champion Aleksey Lovchev slapped with four-year doping ban
- http://tass.ru/en/sport/876129 Weight-lifter Lovchev gets four-year ban over doping abuse
- https://sports.yahoo.com/news/world-champion-lovchev-slapped-four-doping-ban-105931659--oly.html Champion weightlifter Lovchev slapped with doping ban
- Web site: CAS Dismisse the Appeal of Alexei Lovchev . Court of Arbitration for Sport . 2016-07-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160721064608/http://www.tas-cas.org/en/general-information/news-detail/article/cas-dismisses-the-appeal-of-alexei-lovchev.html . 2016-07-21 . dead.
