Eduard Ziaziulin Explained

Eduard Ziaziulin
Nationality:	Belarusian
Birth Date:	1998 10, df=yes
Birth Place:	Mogilev, Belarus
Weight:	142.20 kg
Country:	Belarus
Sport:	Weightlifting
Coach:	Mikhail Barkov
Event:	+109 kg

Eduard Ziaziulin (Belarusian: Эдуард Зезюлин; born 29 October 1998) is a Belarusian weightlifter, competing in the super-heavyweight category (+105 kg until 2018 and +109 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories).^[1]

Career

Ziaziulin started as a junior weightlifter competing at the 2017 Junior World Weightlifting Championships and the 2017 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships, placing fourth in both competitions.^{[2] [3]} In the following European Junior & U23 Championships, he got first overall, his first first place finish at a junior level. In the same year, he participated in his first world championships while still being a junior lifter, the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships. He finished in eighth place.^[4]

At his first European Championships the 2019 European Weightlifting Championships he got fourth,^[5] his best rank so far at the senior level. He competed at his second world championships, the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships. He finished fourth.^[6] He then participated at the 2019 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships now competing as an U23 lifter, he got a second place overall finish.^[7]

At the 2021 European Weightlifting Championships, he once again finished with a fourth place position.^[8] In the U23 level, he participated in the 2021 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships, finishing second, once again being defeated by Varazdat Lalayan of Armenia.^[9] He then participated at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships, finishing with a bronze medal in the snatch, his first minor medal at the senior level, finishing fourth overall.^[10]

He is currently suspended by the International Weightlifting Federation as the International Weightlifting Committee decided to suspend lifters from Russia and Belarus for their countries' invasion of Ukraine.^[11]

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
World Championships
	align=left			189	193	193	8	222	228	232	8	421	8
			193	198	201	4	225	234	234	7	432	4
			200	206	210		231	237	241	4	447	4
European Championships
	align=left		+109 kg	191	196	199	4	221	221	227	6	423	4
	align=left			197	202	202	4	227	233	233	7	424	4
World Junior Championships
			173	180	185		200	210	215	5	390	4
European Junior & U23 Championships
	align=left		+105 kg	173	180	185		200	210	215	5	390	4
	align=left		+105 kg	183	190	190		215	223	-		413
	align=left		+109 kg	191	197	199		230	235	238		432
	align=left		+109 kg	195	201	201		220	230	237		431

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ziaziulin Edward . Weightlifting Belarus . 3 August 2022 .
2. Web site: Results Book Tokyo 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170705113536/https://www.iwf.net/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2017/06/Results_Book_Tokyo2017.pdf . . 3 August 2022 . 5 July 2017 .
3. Web site: 2017 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20200526191110/http://www.ewfed.com/2017/Durres/Results/ResultsBookDurres.pdf . . 3 August 2022 . 26 May 2020 .
4. Web site: 2018 World Weightlifting Championships Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20181103210213/https://www.iwf.net/new_bw/results_by_events/?event=441 . . 3 August 2022 . 3 November 2018 .
5. Web site: 2019 European Weightlifting Championships Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20190711090404/https://www.ewfed.com/2019/Batumi/Results/EWF19RESULTSBATUMI.pdf . . 3 August 2022 . 11 July 2019 .
6. Web site: 2019 World Weightlifting Championships Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20190927111058/https://www.iwf.net/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2019/09/job_934-Pattaya_2019.pdf . . 3 August 2022 . 27 September 2019 .
7. Web site: 2019 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20191028151531/https://www.ewfed.com/2019/Bucharest/Results/Bucharest_2019_Results_Book.pdf . . 3 August 2022 . 28 October 2019 .
8. Web site: 2021 European Weightlifting Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220121025836/https://www.ewfed.com/2021/Moscow/ResultsBook.pdf . . 3 August 2022 . 21 January 2022 .
9. Web site: 2021 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships Results Book . . 3 August 2022 .
10. Web site: 2021 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book . . 3 August 2022 .
11. Web site: International Weightlifting Federation Suspends The Participation of Russian & Belarusian Athletes . Fitness Volt . 3 August 2022 .