Russian weightlifter
Vyacheslav Ivanovskiy
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| Native name | Вячеслав Ивановский |
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| Born | (1975-08-14) August 14, 1975 (age 49) |
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| Weight | 218 lb (99 kg) |
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| Country |  Russia |
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| Sport | Weightlifting |
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| Weight class | Heavyweight |
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Vyacheslav Ivanovskiy (also "Viacheslav"; born August 14, 1975, Russia, Novosibirsk) is a Russian former Olympic weightlifter.[1]
Weightlifting career
Ivanovskiy won the silver medal at the 1995 Junior European Weightlifting Championships in Beer Sheva, Israel, in the Sub-Heavyweight class (lifting 370.0 kg).[2] He won the bronze medal at the 1996 European Weightlifting Championships, in the Sub-Heavyweight class (lifting 377.5 kg).[1]
Ivanovskiy competed for Israel at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the
Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, at the age of 20, in Weightlifting-Men's Heavyweight I (99 kg).[1][3] He did not complete a lift in the snatch at 175.0 kg, and did not finish.[1][4] When he competed in the Olympics, he weighed 218 lbs (99 kg).[1]
He won the gold medal in the 1998 European Weightlifting Championships, in the Heavyweight class (lifting 402.5 kg).[1] Ivanovskiy came in 4th at the 1999 European Weightlifting Championships in Spain in the 105 kg class, with a total lift of 402.5 kg.[5]
Ivanovskiy came in 6th at the 2001 World Weightlifting Championships in Turkey in the 105 kg class, with a total lift of 438.7 kg.[6] He came in 4th in the 2002 World Weightlifting Championships in Poland in the 105 kg class, with a total lift of 441.4.[7]
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