Dmitry Valentinovich Lapikov (; born June 4, 1982, in

Kaliningrad Kaliningrad,. known as Königsberg; ; . until 1946, is the largest city and administrative centre of Kaliningrad Oblast, an Enclave and exclave, exclave of Russia between Lithuania and Poland ( west of the bulk of Russia), located on the Prego ...

) is a former

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Career

At the 2005 World Championships he ranked 4th, with a total of 408 kg. He won gold in the snatch, silver in the

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, and overall silver at the 2006 World Championships, with a total of 414 kg. Lapikov originally won the bronze medal in the 105 kg event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, with a total of 420 kg. In 2016, he was stripped of his medal after his sample tested positive for steroids. Lapikov tested positive and was disqualified from the +105 kg event of the European Championship 2011. He originally won the +105 kg category with a 192 snatch, 227 clean and jerk, and 419 total.

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