Arli Chontey Explained

Arli Chontey
Native Name:	Арли Чонтей
Nationality:	Kazakhstani
Birth Date:	1992 7, df=yes
Birth Place:	Kyrgyzstan^[1]
Height:	1.50 m
Weight:	54.81 kg
Alma Mater:	Kazakh Academy of Sport and Tourism^[2]
Sport:	Olympic Weightlifting
Event:	–55 kg
Coach:	Nurlan Aitmurzayev
Show-Medals:	yes

Arli Chontey (born 1 July 1992) is a Kazakhstani male weightlifter who competes in the -55 kg division. He won the gold medal in the men's 55 kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.^[3]

Chontey was born in Kyrgyzstan and moved to China at a young age. Not given a chance to get into China's national weightlifting team, he moved back to Kyrgyzstan in 2008. In 2011, Chontey began training with the Kazakh national team in 2011. In 2012, he became a citizen of Kazakhstan.^[4]

Competition

He finished sixth overall at the 2013 and 2014 World Championships, and placed second in the snatch in 2015, but failed all attempts in the clean and jerk.^[5] He qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[6]

He won the silver medal in the men's 55kg event at the 2022 Asian Weightlifting Championships held in Manama, Bahrain.^[7]

He won the silver medal in the men's 55kg Snatch event at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.^{[8] [9]}

Major results

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
width=60	1	width=60	2	width=60	3	width=45	Rank	width=60	1	width=60	2	width=60	3	width=45	Rank
Representing
Olympic Games
			125	130	132	5	148	153	154	6	278	4
World Championships
			117	123	123	7	135	140	145	7	257	6
			122	126	129	4	145	150	150	11	274	6
			127	131	132		150	150	150	—	—	—
			115	118	120		135	138	138	5	258
			115	118	120	5	138	143	145	6	263	5
			113	116	118		137	140	142		260
			115	118	118		140	141	144	6	259	4
Asian Games
			122	127	127	8	145	150	150	8	267	7
Asian Championships
		56 kg	110	110	115	6	135	135	135	—	—	—
		55 kg	107	111	113		128	128	133	4	246
			110	113	115		136	140	142		255
			113	116	118		137	140	144		260
Summer Universiade
		56 kg	107	112	115	1	130	135	135	8	245	4
			115	120	120	3	135	140	143	3	258

Notes and References

1. Web site: Arli Chontei . iwf.net . International Weightlifting Federation . 29 July 2019 . 1.
2. https://universiade2013.sportresult.com/NH/en/-60/Participant/ParticipantInfo/4809ae92-49be-41c3-8f4f-39ff870b574c Arli Chontey
3. News: Oliver. Brian. 7 December 2021. "Lost in space" Bulgarians start recovery mission with weightlifting World Championships medal. InsideTheGames.biz. 7 December 2021.
4. Web site: Arli Chontei . iwf.net . International Weightlifting Federation . 29 July 2019 . 1.
5. http://www.the-sports.org/arli-chontey-weightlifting-spf299884.html Arli Chontey
6. https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/arli-chontey Arli Chontey
7. Web site: 2022 Asian Weightlifting Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20221016162253/https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2022/10/Results_Book_2022_Asian_Manama.pdf . 16 October 2022 . 16 October 2022 . IWF.
8. News: Oliver . Brian . 6 December 2022 . Gold for China and Chanu recovery lights up weightlifting World Championships . InsideTheGames.biz . 7 December 2022.
9. Web site: 2022 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20221217071304/https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2022/12/Bogota-Results-Book.pdf . 17 December 2022 . 17 December 2022 . IWF.