Mart Seim (born 24 October 1990) is an Estonian

weightlifter Weightlifting or weight lifting generally refers to physical exercises and sports in which people lift weights, often in the form of dumbbells, barbells or machines. People engage in weightlifting for a variety of different reasons. These can ...

competing in the +105 kg category.

Career

Seim competed for

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at the

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finishing 4th with a total of 431 kg. At the

2015 World Weightlifting Championships The 2015 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Houston, United States. The event took place from November 19 to 28, 2015. This event was, together with the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships, the first stage of the Weightlifting at t ...

he finished third at the men's +105 kg. After Aleksey Lovchev failed doping tests, Seim was promoted to second place (Silver), and Georgian

Lasha Talakhadze Lasha Talakhadze ( ka, ლაშა ტალახაძე; ; born 2 October 1993) is a Georgian weightlifter, holding the all-time world records independent of weight category in the snatch (225 kg, 496 lb), the clean and jerk (267& ...

to Gold. In August 2024, he finished in ninth place in the men's +102kg event at the

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held in Paris, France. Seim's father and grandfather were also weightlifters.

Major results

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Seim, Mart 1990 births Living people World Weightlifting Championships medalists Estonian male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for Estonia Weightlifters at the 2016 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 2024 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Rakvere European Weightlifting Championships medalists 21st-century Estonian sportsmen