Adrian Zieliński

Adrian Zieliński at the 2010 World Championships

Adrian Edward Zieliński (born March 28, 1989 in Nakło nad Notecią ) is a Polish weightlifter . In 2010 he became world champion in light heavyweight combat and in 2012 Olympic champion in weightlifting in the class up to 85 kg .

Career

Adrian Zieliński began lifting weights as a teenager. He belongs to the MGLKS Tarpan Mrocza sports club and is trained by Ireneusz Chelmowski. His brother Tomasz Zieliński, who is one year younger than him, is also a successful weightlifter. Adrian Zieliński also competes in the German Bundesliga for the Chemnitz athletes' club.

In 2006, at the age of seventeen, he started for the first time in the Polish senior championship and immediately reached 3rd place in the light heavyweight division with 330 kg (150-180). In the same year he finished 2nd at the Junior European Championships (U 18) in Landskrona in the middle heavyweight division with 312 kg (144-168). He won the same place at the European Junior Championships (U 20) in 2007 in Puerto de la Cruz , Spain , where he scored 347 kg (157-190) in the light heavyweight division.

In 2008 he was in the light heavyweight with 347 kg (162-185) Polish runner-up in the seniors. At the Junior World Championships (U 20) in Cali in 2008 , he had to accept the bitterness of three failed attempts in the light heavyweight division and therefore remained unplaced in the duel. In the push he won a bronze medal with 190 kg. At the European Junior Championships (U 20) in 2008 in Durres , he finished 2nd in the light heavyweight division with 353 kg (163-190). At the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing , it has not yet been used.

The year 2009 was very successful for Adrian Zieliński. He was used for the first time in an international championship among seniors. In Bucharest he came in the light heavyweight with 363 kg on the 5th place. But there he won an EM silver medal in the snatch with 167 kg. In the juniors (U 20) he was world champion in Bucharest and European champion in a duel in Landskrona . He was finally used in 2009 at the World Championships for Seniors in Goyang , where he scored 372 kg (171–201) in the light heavyweight division, placing him 6th. In the tear, he just missed his first World Championship medal in the seniors with 4th place.

He was not at the start at the 2010 European Championships in Minsk . In 2010 he fully concentrated on the World Cup in Antalya , for which he spent six months preparing intensively. A preparation that produced the greatest possible success, because he was in Antalya in the light heavyweight with the new personal best of 383 kg (173-210) new world champion ahead of Alexei Jufkin , Russia , 380 kg a. Siarhei Lahun , Belarus , 377 kg. He also left the Olympic champion of 2008 and world champion of 2009 Lu Yong from the People's Republic of China behind, who only finished 5th in a duel with 372 kg. In the individual disciplines, he won a World Championship silver medal (tearing) and a World Championship bronze medal (pushing).

At the 2011 World Cup in Paris, Adrian Zielinski was unable to defend his 2010 World Championship. He came with 376 kg (174-202) in a duel behind Kianoush Rostami , Iran, who managed 382 kg (173-209) in a duel and Benjamin Hennequin, France, 378 kg (170-208) in 3rd place. The decisive factor for this were two failed attempts at pushing with 208 kg.

He celebrated the greatest success of his career in 2012. He was Olympic champion in the light heavyweight division in London. His performance was 385 kg (174-211) in a duel. Apti Auchadow from Russia performed the same duel, but was 130 g heavier than Zielinski, who won the gold medal with it.

On August 12, 2016, the Polish Anti-Doping Agency announced that Zieliński had been banned from it due to a positive doping test during preparation for the 2016 Olympic Games .

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Result
2006	2.	Junior European Championship (U 18) in Landskrona	Medium difficulty	with 312 kg (144–168), behind Saurbek Naniew, Russia , 315 kg (146–169)
2006	7th	Junior European Championship (U 20) in Palermo	Slightly difficult	at 325 kg (150-175); Winner: Vasily Polownikow , Russia, 351 kg (160–191)
2007	7th	Junior World Championships (U 20) in Prague	Slightly difficult	at 331 kg (150-181); Winner: Alexander Ivanov, Russia, 359 kg (163–196)
2007	2.	Junior European Championship (U 20) in Puerto de la Cruz , Spain	Slightly difficult	with 347 kg (157–190), behind Artem Leonidow, Russia, 348 kg (158–190)
2008	unpl.	Junior World Championships in Cali	Slightly difficult	after three invalid attempts at snapping; in pushing with 190 kg WM bronze medal; Winner: Alexander Ivanov, 365 kg
2008	2.	Junior European Championship (U 20) in Durres	Slightly difficult	with 353 kg (163–190), behind Aslan Bidejew, Russia, 371 kg (160–211)
2009	5.	EM in Bucharest	Slightly difficult	with 363 kg (167–196), behind Alexei Jufkin , Russia, 369 kg (164–205), Intigam Zairow , Azerbaijan , 368 kg (168–200), Makalai Nowikau , Belarus , 367 kg (166–201) u. Benjamin Hennequin , France , 366 kg (162–204)
2009	1.	Junior World Championships (U 20) in Bucharest	Slightly difficult	with 368 kg (169–199), before Erves Tobaku, Albania , 362 kg a. Tomasz Zieliński, Poland, 357 kg (156–201)
2009	1.	Junior European Championship (U 20) in Landskrona	Slightly difficult	with 362 kg (172–190), before Apti Auchadow, Russia, 347 kg (152–195) and Alexander Dimitrov, Bulgaria , 319 kg (144-175)
2009	6th	World Cup in Goyang	Slightly difficult	at 372 kg (171-201); Winner: Lu Yong , People's Republic of China , 383 kg (175–208) ahead of Siarhei Lahun , Belarus, 380 kg (171–209)
2010	1.	World Cup in Antalya	Slightly difficult	with 383 kg (173-210), ahead of Alexei Jufkin , 380 kg (172-208), Siarhei Lahun , 377 kg (166-211), Yoelmis Hernandez , Cuba , 374 kg (164-210) and Lu Yong , 372 kg (170–202)
2011	3.	World Cup in Paris	Slightly difficult	with 376 kg (174–202), behind Kianoush Rostami, Iran, 382 kg (173–209) and Benjamin Hennequin, France, 378 kg (170–208)
2012	gold	OS in London	Slightly difficult	with 385 kg (174–211), ahead of Apti Auchadow, Russia, 385 kg (175–210) and Kianoush Rostami, 380 kg (171–209)

WM + EM individual medals (seniors)

• World Cup silver medals: 2010 / tearing, 2011 / tearing
• World Cup bronze medals: 2010 / pushing
• EM silver medals: 2009 / tear

Polish Championships (Seniors)

year	space	Weight class	Result
2006	3.	Slightly difficult	with 330 kg (150–180), behind Mariusz Rytkowski, 342 kg (155–187) and Sebastian Pawlikowski, 331 kg (151–180)
2008	2.	Slightly difficult	with 347 kg (162-185), behind Mariusz Rytkowski, 350 kg (160-190)
2009	1.	Slightly difficult	with 358 kg (165–193), before Igor Wera, 298 kg (132–166)
2010	2.	Medium difficulty	with 385 kg (175–210), behind Arsen Kasabijew , 386 kg (173–213)

Explanations

• OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship
• A duel consisting of tearing and pushing
• Light heavy weight, up to 85 kg and medium heavy weight, up to 94 kg body weight

swell

• Athletics magazine *
• Website "www.polska-sztanga.h2.pl"
• Database of the Institute for Applied Training Sciences at the University of Leipzig

Web links

• Adrian Zieliński at the World Championships in Goyang
• IWRP profile

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sport1.de: Weightlifting: Next Zielinski brother excluded because of doping. Retrieved August 12, 2016 .