Ramis (BE) Bahshaliyev (, ). Bahshaliyev is a 9-time World Powerlifting Champion ( Amateur Athletic Union (AAU)) and operates out of the

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. He was born in 1971 in the town of Iolotan, at the time in the former-USSR and now the capital of

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. Between 1989 and 2004, Bahshaliyev represented

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competitions, with the title of the nation being represented changing in 2001, following the dissolution of the USSR. Bahshaliyev is currently listed as the British Columbian contact for the AAU Powerlifting division.

External links

*http://image.aausports.org/sports/powerlifting/results/2008/07WorldatDWWS-male.pdf *http://image.aausports.org/sports/powerlifting/results/2006/laughlin_results.pdf *http://image.aausports.org/sports/powerlifting/results/2003/worlds_2003.pdf *http://image.aausports.org/sports/powerlifting/results/2002/02_dec_nev.pdf *http://image.aausports.org/sports/powerlifting/results/2001/worldbench.htm *http://en.allpowerlifting.com/lifters/TKM/Bakhshaliev-Ramis-1149/ *https://web.archive.org/web/20110508001808/http://www.powerlifting-ipf.com/fileadmin/data/results/worlds/bench98results.htm *https://web.archive.org/web/20110927085316/http://www.powerlifting-ipf.com/fileadmin/data/results/worlds/men99results.htm *http://2001-2009.state.gov/documents/organization/6059.pdf

Sources

*https://web.archive.org/web/20111204000040/http://www.powerlifting.jp/ASIA/ *http://bcpowerlifting.ca

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bahshaliyev (BE), Ramis 1971 births Living people Canadian people of Russian descent Canadian male weightlifters