Fullname: | Darius Asadullah Jokarzadeh |
Birth Date: | 25 June 1993 |
Birth Place: | Cardiff, Wales |
Weight: | 127.17kg (280.36lb) |
Country: | |
Sport: | Weightlifting |
Weight Class: | +105 kg |
Team: | National team |
Updated: | 13 December 2017 |
Darius Jokarzadeh (born 25 June 1993) is a Welsh male weightlifter, competing in the +105 kg category.
Jokarzadeh was born in Cardiff to an Iranian father. He attended Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf, a secondary school that teaches through the medium of Welsh. He was a sport rower before taking up weightlifting.[1]
As a junior he set an overall British records in Olympic weightlifting in the clean & jerk, lifting 215 kg at the World Junior Championships in Lima, Peru on 10 May 2013. He represented Wales at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the +105 kg event.[2]
Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | |||||||||
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width=40 | 1! | width=40 | 2! | width=40 | 3! | width=40 | Rank! | width=40 | 1! | width=40 | 2! | width=40 | 3! | width=40 | Rank |
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European Championships | |||||||||||||||
+105 kg | 162 | 14 | 190 | 195 | 18 | 357 | 15 | ||||||||
+105 kg | 165 | 173 | 9 | 190 | 197 | 202 | 9 | 375 | 9 | ||||||
+105 kg | 155 | 16 | 180 | 185 | 15 | 340 | 15 | ||||||||
Representing | |||||||||||||||
Commonwealth Games | |||||||||||||||
Glasgow, Scotland | 165 | 4 | 196 | 4 | 361 | 4 | |||||||||
Commonwealth Championships | |||||||||||||||
2011 | Cape Town, South Africa | +105 kg | 125 | 155 | 161 | 286 |