Denys Hotfrid

Denys Rudolfowytsch Hotfrid ( Ukrainian Денис Рудольфович Готфрід ; born February 5, 1975 in Magnitogorsk , Chelyabinsk Oblast , Soviet Union , today Russia ) is a Ukrainian weightlifter . He was multiple world and European champion and winner of a bronze medal at the 1996 Olympic Games.

Career

Denys Hotfrid, born in Russia , decided to start for Ukraine after the collapse of the Soviet Union . He was a member of the army, but had every freedom to train there. His family name was originally Gotfrid (Gotfried). The modified variant is based on an incorrect transmission of the Cyrillic letter Г. While this stands for a G in Russian, it is similar to the Ukrainian H.

His international career began in 1993 when he took 3rd place at the Junior World Championship in Cheb in the middle heavyweight division with 357.5 kg (155-202.5). He won another medal at the European Junior Championships 1995 in Warsaw in the 1st heavyweight division. He increased on this occasion in a duel to 395 kg (180-215). In 1994 and 1995 he also took part in the Senior World Championships in Istanbul and Guangzhou ( China ) and took 7th place in the first heavyweight division with 390 kg each in a duel.

In 1996 Denys Hotfrid started in the same weight class at the Olympic Games in Atlanta and won there with 402.5 kg (187.5-215) in a duel behind Akakios Kachiasvilis , Greece , 420 kg (185-235) and Anatoli Chrapaty , Kazakhstan , 410 kg (187.5–222.5) won the bronze medal .

In the course of his further career, Denys Hotfrid won twice the world title and twice the European title in a duel between 1997 and 2003. In 1997 he won the European Championships in Rijeka in the 2nd heavyweight division with 415 kg (185–230) ahead of Yevgeni Schischljannikow , Russia , 415 kg a. Viktors Ščerbatihs , Latvia , 397.5 kg. He also won this title in A Coruña in 1999 . There he started in the heavyweight division, which, after a weight classification by the international weightlifting association, has been up to 105 kg since 1998. The 1st and the 2nd heavyweight were dropped. He achieved a performance of 420 kg (192.5-227.5), with which he won ahead of Marius Jedra from Poland , 407.5 kg.

In 1999 he was first world heavyweight champion in Athens with 430 kg (195-235) before Yevgeny Schischljannikow, who reached 425 kg (190-235). In 2002 Denys Hotfrid was again world heavyweight champion in Warsaw , where he was enough in a duel 420 kg (190-230) to win in front of Alan Zagaew from Bulgaria , 417.5 kg (185-232.5).

Denys Hotfrid had a pitch-black day at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney , where he was the heavyweight favorite. After snapping 190 kg, he made three failed attempts with 230 kg, which meant he was eliminated and unplaced.

His last start in an international championship was at the 2003 World Cup in Vancouver . He managed 192.5 kg in the snatch, but then had to give up because of an injury before kicking and therefore remained unplaced without a duel.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Result
1993	3.	Junior World Championships in Cheb	Medium difficulty	with 357.5 kg (155–202.5), behind Alexei Petrow , Russia , 400 kg (180–220) u. Marin Kehajow, Bulgaria , 357.5 kg
1994	4th	Junior World Championships in Jakarta	1. Difficult	with 377.5 kg (172.5–205), behind Yevgeni Schischljannikow , Russia, 387.5 kg (180–207.5), Mario Kalinke , Germany , 382.5 kg (170–212.5) and Ara Vardanyan, Armenia , 380 kg (170–210)
1994	7th	World Cup in Istanbul	1. Difficult	at 390 kg (177.5-212.5); Winner: Sergei Syrzow , Russia, 417.5 kg (192.5–225) ahead of Wiktor Tregubow , Russia, 405 kg (185–220)
1995	2.	Junior European Championship in Warsaw	1. Difficult	with 395 kg (180–215), behind Oleg Tschirizo, Belarus , 395 kg (175–220), in front of Krzysztof Zawadski, Poland , 392.5 kg
1995	7th	World Cup in Guangzhou ( China )	1. Difficult	with 390 kg (180–210): Winner: Akakios Kachiasvilis , Greece , 410 kg (182.5–227.5) ahead of Sergei Syrzow, Russia, 410 kg (190–220)
1996	bronze	OS in Atlanta	1. Difficult	with 402.5 kg (187.5–215), behind Akakios Kachiasvilis , 520 kg (185–235) u. Anatoli Chrapaty , Kazakhstan , 410 kg (187.5–222.5)
1997	1.	EM in Rijeka	2. Difficult	with 415 kg (185-230), before Yevgeni Schischljannikow, 415 kg (190-225) and Viktors Ščerbatihs , Latvia, 397.5 kg (182.5–215)
1998	3.	World Cup in Lahti	Heavy	with 415 kg (192.5–222.5), behind Ihor Rasorjonow , Ukraine , 422.5 kg (190–232.5) and Cui Wenhai , China, 420 kg (195–225)
1999	1.	EM in A Coruña	Heavy	with 420 kg (192.5–227.5), before Marius Jedra, Poland, 407.5 kg (180–227.5) and Martin Tešovič , Slovakia , 405 kg (180–225)
1999	1.	World Cup in Athens	Heavy	with 430 kg (195-235), before Yevgeny Schischljannikow, 425 kg (190-235) and Choi Jong-keun, South Korea , 410 kg (190–220)
2000	unpl.	OS in Sydney	Heavy	after 190 kg in snapping three failed attempts with 230 kg in pushing; Winner: Hossein Tavakoli , Iran , 425 kg (190–235) ahead of Alan Zagaew , Bulgaria , 422.5 kg (187.5–235)
2002	2.	EM in Antalya	Heavy	with 417.5 kg (187.5–230), behind Alan Zagaew, Bulgaria, 420 kg (185–235), in front of Bunyami Sudas , Turkey , 417.5 kg (185–232.5)
2002	1.	World Cup in Warsaw	Heavy	with 420 kg (190-230), before Alan Zagaew, 417.5 kg (185-232.5) and Vladimir Smortschkov , Russia, 417.5 kg (197.5–220)
2003	unpl.	World Cup in Vancouver	Heavy	after 192.5 kg in the snatch abandoned due to injury; Winner: Assad Saeed Saif, Qatar , 422.5 kg (195–227.5) ahead of Vladimir Smortschkow, 417.5 kg

WM + EM individual medals

• World Cup gold medals: 1999 / tear
• World Cup silver medals: 1998 / tear - 1999 / push
• World Cup bronze medals: 2002 / Tearing - 2002 / Pushing - 2003 / Tearing
• European Championship gold medals: 1997 / pushing - 1999 / tearing - 1999 / pushing
• European Championship silver medals: 1997 / Tearing - 2002 / Tearing
• European Championship bronze medals: 2002 / pushing

Explanations

• all competitions in single combat, consisting of snatch and push,
• Medium heavyweight, 1997 to 91 kg body weight,
• 1. Heavyweight, up to 1997 up to 99 kg body weight,
• 2. Heavyweight, up to 1997 up to 108 kg body weight,
• Heavy weight, from 1998 up to 105 kg body weight

swell

• Athletics magazine
• Database of the Institute for Applied Training Sciences at the University of Leipzig

Web links

• Denys Hotfrid in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )