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Erkand Qerimaj (born August 10, 1988 in Shkodra , Albania) is an Albanian weightlifter . He became the European middleweight duel champion in 2014 .
Career
Erkand Qerimaj started lifting weights as a teenager in Shkodra. He belongs to the sports club Vllaznia Shkodra . He was introduced to international championships very early on by the Albanian Weightlifting Association. He started in April 2003 for the first time at the European Senior Championships in Loutraki, Greece. He started it in the bantamweight and achieved in a duel 212.5 kg (92.5-120), with which he took 12th place. He won his first medals at the 2004 European Junior Championships (age group U 17) in Stavanger. He started there in featherweight and achieved in a duel 262.5 kg (117.5-145). These achievements brought him the bronze medal both in the duel and in the individual disciplines of tearing and pushing.
In the junior area (age groups U 17 and U 20), Erkand Qerimaj was very successful at world and European championships until 2008. He won a total of 13 medals between 2005 and 2008. Twice he was also junior world champion (U 20) in 2006 in Hangzhou / China in pushing the lightweight with 175 kg and in 2007 in Prague (U 20) in pushing the middleweight with 191 kg.
In 2008 he also started at the Olympic Games in Beijing. He achieved there in the middleweight duel 341 kg (154-187) and finished 13th with this performance. In 2009 he was in Bucharest in middleweight with 342 kg (152-190) Vice European Champion in a duel and with his shock performance European Champion. At the 2009 World Championships in Goyang / China, he came in middleweight to 349 kg (156-193) and came in 7th place in a duel. At the 2010 European Championships in Minsk, he won a bronze medal in the middleweight division with his duel performance of 344 kg (154-190) and his performance in pushing. At the 2010 World Championships in Antalya, he increased in a duel to 351 kg (155-196). That is the best duel performance he has ever achieved in an international championship. But he did not win medals at this world championship.
He was not very successful in 2011 and 2012. At the 2011 European Championships in Kazan, he achieved a personal best in the snatch with 157 kg, but in the subsequent push he made three failed attempts, so that he remained unplaced without a duel. At the 2011 World Championships in Paris he came in middleweight only to 338 kg (152-186) and thus only reached 11th place. At the European Championships in 2012 in Antalya he achieved in the middleweight duel 348 kg (158-190), with which he took 1st place in the duel rating and jerking. However, when his doping sample was subsequently checked, he tested positive. The European championship titles in duels and jerks were stripped from him and he was banned by the world weightlifting association IMF from April 12, 2012 to July 12, 2013. He also missed participation in the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
In October 2013, after the doping ban had expired, he started at the World Championships in Wrocław. He tied there in middleweight to the level of performance that he had before the ban and achieved 346 kg (155-191) in a duel, which brought him to 6th place in a duel. He did not win individual medals. In April 2014 he was then European champion in one-on-one and jerking in Tel Aviv. He achieved there in a duel 349 kg (155-194), with which he achieved the same duel performance as his compatriot Daniel Godelli . Godelli was 20 g heavier than Erkand Qerimaj at the official weighing.
International success
| year | space | competition | Weight class | Results |
| 2003 | 12. | EM in Loutraki / Greece | Bantam | with 212.5 kg (92.5–120) |
| 2003 | 27. | World Cup in Vancouver | Bantam | at 227.5 kg (100-127.5); Winner: Wu Meijin , China, 287.5 kg (127.5–160) |
| 2004 | 7th | EM in Kiev | feather | at 257.5 kg (112.5-145); Winner: Sewdalin Minchew , Bulgaria, 302.5 kg (137.5–165) |
| 2004 | 8th. | Junior World Championships (U 20) in Minsk | feather | at 260 kg (110-150); Winner: Du Binghao, China, 285 kg (122.5–162.5) |
| 2004 | 3. | Junior European Championship (U17) in Stavanger | feather | with 262.5 kg (117.5 (3rd) - 145 (3rd)), behind Tigran Geworg Martirosjan , Armenia 272.5 kg (122.5–150) and Gert Trasha, Albania, 270 kg (120–150 ) |
| 2005 | unpl. | Junior World Championships (U 20) in Bursa | Light | after 131 kg in snatch, three failed attempts in pushing; Winner: Sa Jae-hyuk , South Korea, 324 kg (145–179) |
| 2005 | 2. | Junior European Championship (U17) in Sofia | Light | with 303 kg (137 (2nd) - 166 (2nd)), behind Tigran Martirosjan, 308 kg (140-168) |
| 2005 | 2. | Junior European Championship (U 20) in Trencin | Light | with 310 kg (138–172 (2.)), behind Roman Dobrianski, Russia, 313 kg (139–174) |
| 2006 | 2. | Junior World Championships (U 20) in Hangzhou / China | Light | with 311 kg (136–175 (1st)), behind Zhong Guoshun, China, 316 kg (146–170) |
| 2007 | unpl. | EM in Strasbourg | medium | after 150 kg in snatch, three failed attempts in pushing; Winner: Geworg Dawtjan , Armenia, 363 kg (166–197), ahead of Ara Khachatrjan, Armenia, 361 kg (165–191) |
| 2007 | 2. | Junior World Championships (U 20) in Prague | medium | at 338 kg (147-191 (1st)); behind Siarhei Lahun, Belarus, 344 kg (155–189) |
| 2008 | 4th | EM in Lignano | medium | at 345 kg (155-190); Winner: Oleg Perepetschenow , Russia, 362 kg (164–198) |
| 2008 | unpl. | Junior World Championships (U 20) in Cali / Colombia | medium | after three unsuccessful attempts in snapping 185 kg (2nd) in pushing; Winner: Ibrahim Ibrahim Ramadan, Egypt, 332 kg (146–186) |
| 2008 | 13. | OS in Beijing | medium | at 341 kg (154-187); Winner: Sa Jae-hyuk, 366 kg (163–203) ahead of Li Hongli , China, 366 kg (168–198) |
| 2008 | 1. | Junior European Championship (U 20) in Durres | medium | with 341 kg (151 (1st) - 190 (1st)); in front of Andrei Molchanow, Russia, 332 kg (150–182) |
| 2009 | 2. | EM in Bucharest | medium | at 342 kg (152-190 (1st)); behind Mikalai Charniak , Belarus, 344 kg (155–189) |
| 2009 | 7th | World Cup in Goyang / China | medium | at 349 kg (156-193); Winner: Lu Xiaojun , China, 378 kg (174–204) ahead of Tigran Martirosjan, 370 kg (170–200) |
| 2010 | 3. | EM in Minsk | medium | at 344 kg (154-190 (3rd)); behind Tigran Martirosjan, 360 kg (165–195) and Krzysztof Szramiak , Poland, 351 kg (160–191) |
| 2010 | 6th | World Cup in Antalya | medium | at 351 kg (155-196); Winner: Tigran Martirosjan, 373 kg (173–200) ahead of Lu Xiaojun, 370 kg (170–200) |
| 2011 | unpl. | EM in Kazan | medium | after 157 kg in snatch, three failed attempts in pushing; Winner: Semih Yagci, Turkey, 347 kg (155–192) ahead of Arayik Mirsojan, Armenia, 347 kg (160–187) |
| 2011 | 11. | World Cup in Paris | medium | at 338 kg (152-186); Winner: Lu Xiaojun, 375 kg (170–205) ahead of Su Dajin , China, 372 kg (166–206) |
| 2012 | unpl. | EM in Antalya | medium | after 348 kg (158–190) subsequently disqualified for doping; Winner: Raswan Martin, Moldova, 347 kg (159–188) ahead of Alexandru Dudoglu, Moldova, 344 kg (158–186) |
| 2013 | 6th | World Cup in Wrocław | medium | at 346 kg (155,191); Winner: Lu Xiaojun, 380 kg (176–204) ahead of Kim Kwang Song, North Korea, 359 kg (163–196) |
| 2014 | 1. | EM in Tel Aviv | medium | at 349 kg (155-194); before Daniel Godelli, Albania, 349 kg (157–192) and Rasnik Unanjan, Russia, 344 kg (152–192) |
WM + EM individual medals
- EM gold medals: 2009 / pushing - 2013 / pushing
- European Championship bronze medals: 2010 / pushing - 2013 / tearing
- Explanations
- all competitions in the Olympic duel, consisting of snatching and pushing
- OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship
- Bantam weight, up to 56 kg, feather weight, up to 69 kg, lightweight, up to 69 kg and middle weight up to 77 kg body weight
literature
- Athletics magazine
Web links
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Qerimaj, Erkand |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Albanian weightlifter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 10, 1988 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Shkodra |