Artem Serhiyovych Udachyn (Ukrainian: Артем Сергійович Удачин; born March 26, 1980) is a male weightlifter from Ukraine. He twice competed for his native country at the Summer Olympics (2000 and 2008) in the men's super heavyweight division (+ 105 kg), finishing in 11th and 4th place in the final standings. In the 2003 world weightlifting championships in Vancouver he got the silver medal in the total, but it was later taken away because of doping use.
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Born | Mariupol, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine | March 26, 1980|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 169 kg (373 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | +105 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Udachyn was registered as the joint heaviest athlete at the London 2012 Olympics (alongside Carl Myerscough), weighing 160 kg.[1]
External links
edit- Artem Udachyn at the International Weightlifting Federation
- Artem Udachyn at the International Weightlifting Results Project
References
edit- ^ "Your Olympic athlete body match". BBC News. 30 July 2012.
- iat.uni-leipzig.de
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Artem Udachyn". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.