| Khadzhimurat Akkaev | |
| Fullname: | Khadzhimurat Magomedovich Akkaev |
| Nationality: | Russian |
| Birth Date: | 27 March 1985 |
| Birth Place: | Tyrnyauz, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Height: | 1.78m (05.84feet) |
| Weight: | 105kg (231lb) |
| Country: | Russia |
| Sport: | Weightlifting |
| Event: | - 105 kg |
| Turnedpro: | 2000- |
| Coach: | Makhty Makkaev |
| Pb: | 430 kg (2011) |
Khadzhimurat Magomedovich Akkaev (Russian: Хаджимурат Магомедович Аккаев; born March 27, 1985, in Tyrnyauz, Kabardino-Balkaria, USSR) is a Russian weightlifter.
Akkaev competed in the men's 94 kg category at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens,[1] where he won a silver medal.[2] He is 178 cm/5 ft 10 tall and weighs 105 kg/231 lb.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, he originally was awarded the bronze medal in the 94 kg category, with a total of 402 kg.[3] In 2016, he was stripped of the medal after his sample tested positive for steroids.[4]
Akkaev has moved up into −105 kg weight category as a replacement for Dmitry Lapikov and Dmitry Klokov. He won the 2011 European Weightlifting Championships in Kazan, with a total of 425 kg.[5]
He became the 2011 World Champion in Paris, beating his compatriot Dmitry Klokov by 2 kg with a total of 430 kg.
Akkaev was scheduled to compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 105 kg class but was forced to withdraw due to a back injury. On January 13, 2012, Akkaev was found to have failed a doping test prior to 2012 Olympic Games. He was provisionally suspended in January 2017,[6] and finally in January 2019 he was disqualified for eight years, starting from 2 August 2016 until 1 August 2024.[7] [8]
| 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 |
| Olympic Games | |||||||||||||||
| 180.0 | 185.0 | 2 | 215.0 | 220.0 | 4 | 405.0 | |||||||||
| align=left | 178 | 182 | 185 | — | 212 | 215 | 217 | — | — | DSQ | |||||
| World Championships | |||||||||||||||
| align=left | 190 | 195 | 198 | 222 | 228 | 232 | 430 | ||||||||
| European Championships | |||||||||||||||
| align=left | 94 kg | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| align=left | 105 kg | 185 | 190 | 195 | 220 | 225 | 230 | 425 | |||||||