Kakhi Kakhiashvili Explained

Akakios Kakiasvilis
Birth Name:Kakhi Kakhiashvili
Nationality:Georgian / Greek
Birth Date:13 July 1969
Birth Place:Tskhinvali, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Sport:Weightlifting

Kakhi Kakhiashvili (Georgian: კახი კახიაშვილი, Greek, Modern (1453-);: Ακάκιος "Κάχι" Κακιασβίλης; born 13 July 1969 in Tskhinvali, Georgian SSR, USSR) is a Georgian-Greek weightlifter, one of only six weightlifters to have won three consecutive gold medals at Olympic Games. He won his first at Barcelona 1992, competing with the Unified Team, and later as a citizen of Greece at Atlanta 1996 and in Sydney 2000.[1] He won three Senior World Championships (1995, 1998, 1999), was twice a silver medalist at the Senior World Championships (1993 and 1994), and set seven world records during his career.[2] He was named the 1996 and 1999 Greek Male Athlete of the Year.

Kakhiashvili was born in Tskhinvali, Georgia, to a Georgian father and a Greek mother, Maria Lamprianidi. He is renowned in weightlifting circles for his uncanny ability to lift exactly what was required to win. Dubbed as a "computer" by some competitors, he also had the ability to block out everything that was not relevant to the competition at hand.

Career

At the 1992 Summer Olympics lifting for the Unified Team in the 90 kg category, he went against the instructions of his coach Vasily Alexeev, the all-time weightlifting great. His coach wanted his Russian teammate Sergey Syrtsov to win the contest and did not let Kakhiashvili try to lift heavier to beat the Russian. During the snatch portion of the competition, it looked like Sergey Syrtsov was going to win, with a 12.5 kg lead over Kakhiashvili from an Olympic Record 190.0 kg snatch. During the clean & jerk portion of the competition Kakhiashvili lifted 225.0 kg on his second attempt, giving him a total of 402.5 kg, a full 10.0 kg less than Syrstov. Kakhi ordered 10 kg more to be put on the bar in order to beat his Russian teammate. He successfully lifted the 235.0 kg clean and jerk,[3] giving him a total of 412.5 kg. Event though his total tied Syrstov, Kakhiashvili won the gold medal due to virtue of a lighter bodyweight,[4] (89.25 kg vs. 89.45 kg) this performance established his right to the title of one of the sports elite lifters.[5]

Major results

[6] [7]

YearVenueWeightSnatch (kg)Clean & Jerk (kg)TotalRank
width=65 1width=65 2width=65 3width=45 Rankwidth=65 1width=65 2width=65 3width=45 Rank
Olympic Games
170.0 175.0 177.5 2 220.0 225.0 235.0 =WR 1 412.5 =OR
180.0 185.0 187.5 3 220.0 225.0 235.0 WR 1 420.0 WR
180.0 185.0 187.5 2 220.0 3 405.0
180.0 180.0 185.0 4 220.0 220.0 220.0
World Championships
align=left –91 kg 175.0 180.0 180.0 200.0 215.0 225.0 402.5
align=left –91 kg 172.5 177.5 180.0 210.0 220.0 230.0 397.5
align=left –99 kg 182.5182.5 187.5 225.0 227.5 230.0 410.0
175.0 180.0 182.5 215.0 220.0 400.0
180.0 185.0 188.0 WR 222.5 225.0 230.5 412.5 WR[8]
European Championships
–90 kg 175.0 225.0 400.0
–91 kg 180.0 222.5 402.5
–91 kg 180.0 200.0 400.0
–91 kg 180.0 228.5 WR 407.5
–99 kg 165.0 170.0 175.0 210.0 222.5 392.5
–94 kg 165.0 170.0 172.5 4 207.5 210.0 212.5 380.0
–94 kg 172.5 177.5 180.0 217.5 222.5 225.0 402.5
–94 kg 167.5 175.0 177.5 5
–94 kg 172.5 177.5 177.5 6 215.0 215.0 220.0 4 392.5 4
Junior World Championships
–82.5 kg 170.0
–90 kg 170.0 225.0 JWR 395.0

Notes

References

  1. Akakios Kakiasvili . https://web.archive.org/web/20151007145314/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/akakios-kakiasvili-1.html . 7 October 2015 . 4 November 2015.
  2. http://www.chidlovski.net/liftup/l_athleteResult.asp?a_id=116 Akakide Kakhiashvilis @ Lift Up Hall of Fame
  3. Web site: Kakhi Kakhiashvili 1992 Olympics Barcelona Gold . All Things Gym . 20 December 2011 . 18 March 2019.
  4. Web site: Olympic Profile . Olympic.org . 18 March 2019.
  5. Randall J. Strossen. (21 July 2009). Kakhi Kakhiashvili: David Versus Goliath in the Weightlifting World. IronMind. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  6. Web site: Kakiasvilis Akakios (GRE) . Database Weightlifting . de.
  7. Web site: World Championships Juniors 1997-2007 and Statistics . 84;100.
  8. Web site: International Weightlifting Federation (IWF.NET) . 2014-11-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090424110454/http://www.iwf.net/results/record_cur.php . 2009-04-24. iwf.net. Retrieved on 2009-06-13
  9. Web site: IWF eliminates World Standards from World Record list . 24 June 2008 . . 6 January 2017.

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