Alexei Nikolayevich Jufkin

Alexei Nikolajewitsch Jufkin ( Russian Алексей Николаевич Юфкин ; born January 11, 1986 in Saransk ) is a Russian weightlifter . He was European champion in 2009 and vice- world champion in the light heavyweight duel in 2010 .

Career

Alexei Jufkin appeared for the first time on the international weightlifting stage at the European Junior Championships (U 17) in Dortmund in 2003 and took second place in the lightweight with 282.5 kg (125–157.5). In 2005 and 2006 he took part in three other international junior championships and won a medal in a duel. He achieved his greatest success in 2006 when he became European Junior Champion (U 20) in the middleweight duel in Palermo . His performance at that time was 155 kg in snatch and 185 kg in jerk, so 340 kg in a duel.

In 2008 he started for the first time at an international senior championship. At the European Championships in Lignano he came in middleweight with 355 kg in a duel behind his compatriot Oleg Perepetschenow , 362 kg (164-198) and Ara Chatschatrjan from Armenia , 361 kg (165-196) in 3rd place. In pushing he was even European champion with 200 kg . At the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, he was not used.

In 2009 he switched to the light heavyweight division and achieved in February 2009 in a national competition in Vladikavkaz in this weight class 370 kg (165-205). He was then used at the European Championships that year in Bucharest and reached there in the light heavyweight duel 369 kg (164-205), with which he was before Intigam Zairow , Azerbaijan , 368 kg (168-200) and Mikalai Novikau , Belarus , 367 kg (166–201), became European champion . He also became European champion in pushing.

Alexei Jufkin was injured several times in the period that followed and was unable to take part in the 2009 and 2010 Russian championships and the 2009 World Cup and the 2010 European Championship. Recovered, he was back at the 2010 World Cup in Antalya and presented himself there in excellent shape. He scored 172 kg in the snatch and 208 kg in the jerk and just missed 212 kg in his third attempt, with which he would have become world champion in a duel . With his performance of 380 kg in a duel, however, he became vice world champion.

In 2011 he was again European light heavyweight champion in Kazan with 385 kg (170-215) and also won the title in pushing with 215 kg. Second place went to his compatriot Apti Auchadow , who also brought 385 kg (173-212) to the high distance, but was a little heavier.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Result
2003	2.	Junior European Championship (U 17) in Dortmund	Light	with 282.5 kg (125–157.5), behind Mikalai Tscharniak , Belarus , 290 kg (130–160)
2005	2.	Junior European Championship (U 20) in Trencin	medium	with 335 kg (149–186), behind Mikalai Tscharniak, 344 kg (154–190), in front of Mikalai Novikau , Belarus, 330 kg (150–180)
2006	3.	Junior World Championships (U 20) in Hangzhou / People's Republic of China	medium	with 335 kg (145–190), behind Su Dajin , People's Republic of China , 349 kg (157–192) and Mikalai Tscharniak, 348 kg (157–191)
2006	1.	Junior European Championship (U 20) in Palermo	medium	weighing 340 kg (155–185), ahead of Vladimir Uschukow, Russia , 327 kg (145–182) and Jose Casado, Spain , 326 kg (151–175)
2008	2.	Universities World Cup	medium	with 330 kg (142–188), behind Yang Yiangrong, China, 342 kg (156–186)
2008	3.	EM in Lignano	medium	with 355 kg (155–200), behind Oleg Perepetschenow , Russia, 362 kg (164–198) and Ara Chatschatrjan , Armenia, 361 kg (165–196)
2009	1.	EM in Bucharest	Slightly difficult	with 369 kg (164–205), before Intigam Sairow , Azerbaijan , 368 kg (168–200) u. Mikalai Novikau, 367 kg (166–201)
2010	2.	World Cup in Antalya	Slightly difficult	with 380 kg (172–208), behind Adrian Zieliński , Poland , 383 kg (173–210), in front of Siarhei Lahun , Belarus, 377 kg (166–211)
2011	1.	EM in Kazan	Slightly difficult	with 385 kg (170–215) from Apti Auchadow , Russia, 385 kg (173–212) and Benjamin Hennequin , France , 373 kg (165–208)

WM + EM individual medals (seniors)

• World Cup bronze medals: 2010 / tear
• European Championship gold medals: 2008 / pushing - 2009 / pushing - 2011 / pushing
• European Championship silver medals: 2011 / tearing
• European Championship bronze medals: 2008 / tearing

Explanations

• WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship
• all competitions in single combat, consisting of snatch and push
• Lightweight, up to 69 kg, medium weight, up to 77 kg and the like. Lightweight, up to 85 kg body weight

swell

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