Khadzhimurat Magomedovich Akkaev (russian: Хаджимурат Магомедович Аккаев; born March 27, 1985 in Tyrnyauz,

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) is a Russian

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Career

Akkaev competed in the men's 94 kg category at the 2004 Summer Olympics in

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, where he won a silver medal. 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. In 2016, he was stripped of the medal after his sample tested positive for steroids. 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

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, with a total of 425 kg. 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

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. He was provisionally suspended in January 2017, and finally in January 2019 he was disqualified for eight years, starting from 2 August 2016 until 1 August 2024.

Major results

References

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