| Andrei Chemerkin | |
| Full Name: | Andrey Ivanovich Chemerkin |
| Birth Date: | 1972 2, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Solnechnodolsk, Stavropol Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Height: | 183 cm |
| Weight: | 168 kg (2002) |
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Andrey Ivanovich Chemerkin (Russian: Андрей Иванович Чемеркин, born 17 February 1972) is a former Russian weightlifter. Chemerkin was a gold medallist at the 1996 Summer Olympics, and a bronze medalist at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Andrei had a birthweight of 12,6 lbs (5,7 kg) and is to this day the heaviest weightlifter ever to win a World Championship.[1] [2] [3] [4]
Andrei is the winner of the World Weightlifting Championships for university year 2000 but not a Senior Championship, and he attempted the all time heaviest clean and jerk 272.5 kg (601 lb) in the 2000 Olympics which he needed to win. In addition, he is a winner of several Russian Championships. At the time he won the Olympic Games in 1996 he snatched 197.5 kg (436 lb), followed by a clean and jerk of 260 kg (573 lb) to total 457.5 kg (1010 lb).