Anton Pliesnoi

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Anton Pliesnoi
Personal information
Nationality Ukraine Georgia
Born (1996-09-17) 17 September 1996 (age 27)
Dnipro,  Ukraine
Weight96.00 kg (212 lb)
Sport
CountryGeorgia
SportWeightlifting
Event–96 kg
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo –96 kg
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Pattaya –96 kg
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Batumi –96 kg
Gold medal – first place 2021 Moscow –96 kg

Anton Pliesnoi (Georgian: ანტონ პლესნოი; Ukrainian: Антон Плесной; born 17 September 1996) is a Georgian and Ukrainian weightlifter[1] competing in the 94 kg division until 2018 and 96 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[2]

Career[edit]

In 2012 Anton performed for the first time at the European Youth Championship in Ukraine's squad, where he took fifth place in -77 kg category lifting 275 kg. Since 2018 he represents Georgia.

He competed at the 2019 European Weightlifting Championships winning a bronze medal in the total.[3][4]

Major results[edit]

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2021 Japan Tokyo, Japan 96 kg 173 177 177 4 206 210 210 3 387 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
World Championships
2018 Turkmenistan Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 96 kg 167 173 177 7 198 206 211 11 379 8
2019 Thailand Pattaya, Thailand 96 kg 172 177 181 1st place, gold medalist(s) 203 209 213 4 394 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
European Championships
2019 Georgia (country) Batumi, Georgia 96 kg 165 170 173 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 198 204 204 4 377 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2021 Russia Moscow, Russia 96 kg 171 175 180 1st place, gold medalist(s) 207 213 221 1st place, gold medalist(s) 393 1st place, gold medalist(s)
European U23 Championships
2019 Romania Bucharest, Romania 96 kg 168 168 173 1st place, gold medalist(s) 200 208 215 1st place, gold medalist(s) 388 1st place, gold medalist(s)
World cup
2020 Italy Rome, Italy 96 kg 170 176 180 1st place, gold medalist(s) 201 210 220 1st place, gold medalist(s) 386 1st place, gold medalist(s)

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Athlete Results". IWF.net. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  2. ^ PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 96 kg
  3. ^ "2019 European Weightlifting championships Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 May 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Georgian Bronze of Anton Pliesnoi". Georgian Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 24 September 2019.

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