Andrei Rybakou
 Rybakou in 2011 | ||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's weightlifting | ||
Representing  Belarus
| ||
| Olympic Games | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 2004 Athens | -85 kg |
| Disqualified | 2008 Beijing | -85 kg |
| World Championships | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 2006 Santo Domingo | -85 kg |
| | 2007 Chiang Mai | -85 kg |
| European Championships | ||
| | 2006 Władysławowo | -85 kg |
Andrei Rybakou (Belarusian: Андрэй Анатолевіч Рыбакоў) (born March 4, 1982 in Mogilev, Belarussian SSR) is a Belarusian weightlifter.
Career
Rybakou won silver medals in men's 85 kg at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics, setting a world record at the 2008 Olympics.[1]
In April 2006, he won the European Championship. Later that year, during the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships he was crowned as the World Champion in the 85 kg category.[2]
He won the gold medal in the 85 kg category again at the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships,[2] setting a world record with a 187 kg snatch.[3]
In 2016, he was stripped of his 2008 Olympic medal after a retest of his doping sample tested positive for steroids.[4]
References
- ↑ "FLASH: BELARUS RYBAKOV BREAKS MEN'S 85KG WEIGHTLIFTING WORLD RECORD". Retrieved 2012-07-28.
- 1 2 "Rybakov Andrei". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
- ↑ "Andrei Rybakov". Lift Up. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
- ↑ "9 Olympians, including 6 medallists, caught for Beijing doping". cbc.ca. 26 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
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