Alexander Saitschikow

Alexander Sergejewitsch Saitschikow ( Russian Александр Сергеевич Зайчиков ; born August 17, 1992 in Saslonowo , Vitebsk region , Belarus ) is a weightlifter from Kazakhstan . He became world champion in the heavyweight duel in 2015 .

Career

Alexander Saitschikow began lifting weights as a teenager in Kazakhstan. He is a student and started his international weightlifting career at the Junior World Championships (U 18) in Chiang Mai (Thailand) in 2009. He came in the light heavyweight with 316 kg (140-176) on the 2nd place. In June 2011 he competed in the middle heavyweight division of the Junior World Championships (U 20) in Penang . He achieved there in a duel 371 kg (165-206) and won a bronze medal. At the Universiade 2011 in Shenzhen he achieved in the middle heavyweight duel 360 kg (162-198). This achievement reached 7th place.

Somewhat surprisingly, Alexander Saitschikow from the Kazakh Weightlifting Association was used in the heavyweight division at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, although he was far too light for this weight class with a body weight of just over 94 kg. He achieved 360 kg (155-205) in a duel in London and thus reached 12th place.

In June 2013 he was in Astana with 385 kg (175-210) Asian middle heavyweight champion in front of the Chinese Zhang Shengguo, who came to 374 kg (168-206). In July 2013, Alexander Saitschikow took part in the Universiade in Kazan. He achieved there in the middle heavyweight in a duel 375 kg (168-207). With this performance he took second place behind the Russian Alexander Ivanov, who weighed 395 kg (181-214). When his doping sample was subsequently checked, it turned out that he had been doped with stanozolol . He was then banned from the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) from June 24, 2013 to June 24, 2015 for doping. His result at the Universiade in Kazan was canceled.

After his doping ban he started in November 2015 at the World Championships in Houston. He achieved there in the heavyweight duel 421 kg (191-230) and became world champion in a duel with this performance. With his individual performances, he won a World Cup silver medal in both snatch and push.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
2009	2.	Junior World Championships (U 18) in Chiang Mai	Slightly difficult	with 316 kg (140–176), behind Ibragim Bersanow, Kazakhstan, 328 kg (150–178)
2011	3.	Junior World Championships (U 20) in Penang	Medium difficulty	with 371 kg (165–206), behind Saeid Mohammadpourkarkaragh, Iran, 385 kg (175–210) and Ewgeni Kolomiez, Russia, 375 kg (170–205)
2011	7th	Universiade in Shenzhen	Medium difficulty	with 360 kg (162-198); Winner: Andrei Demanow , Russia, 390 kg (137–213)
2012	12.	OS in London	Heavy	with 360 kg (155-205); Winner: Oleksiy Torokhtiy , Ukraine, 412 kg (185–227)
2013	1.	Asian Championship in Astana	Medium difficulty	with 385 kg (175–210), before Zhang Shengguo, China, 374 kg (168–206)
2013	disq.	Universiade in Kazan	Medium difficulty	because of doping with stanozolol from the intern. Weightlifting Association IMF locked from June 24, 2013 to June 24, 2015
2015	1.	World Cup in Houston	Heavy	with 421 kg (191–230), before Dawid Bedschanjan , Russia, 411 kg (180–231) and Artur Plesnieks, Latvia, 405 kg (179–226)

World Cup individual medals

• Silver medals: 2015 / tearing, 2015 / pushing

Explanations

• all competitions in single combat, consisting of snatching and pushing
• OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship
• Lightweight, weight class up to 85 kg, medium weight, up to 94 kg and heavyweight, up to 105 kg body weight

literature

• Athletics magazine

Web links

• Alexander Saitschikow in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Alexander Saitschikow at the Institute for Applied Training Science