Giorgi Assanidze

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Giorgij Assanidze Weightlifting
Personal information
Surname: Giorgij Leonidowitsch Assanidze
Nationality: GeorgiaGeorgia Georgia
Date of birth: August 30, 1975
Place of birth: Satschere , Soviet UnionSoviet Union 1955Soviet Union 
Size: 173 cm
Medal table
Olympic games 1 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
World championships 5 × gold 2 × silver 0 × bronze
European championships 3 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
Medals

Giorgij Leonidowitsch Assanidze ( Georgian გიორგი ასანიძე , Russian: Георгий Леонидович Асанидзе; born August 30, 1975 in Sachchere ) is a Georgian weightlifter . He was Olympic champion in Athens in 2004 in light heavyweight (up to 85 kg body weight).

Career

Giorgi Assanidze began lifting weights as a teenager in Tbilisi . He joined the Georgian junior weightlifting team at the age of 17 and was looked after by national coach Iwan Grikurovi as an exceptional talent.

In 1994 he started for the first time at an international championship, the Junior European Championship in Rome , and achieved an excellent 2nd place in a duel in the light heavyweight division with 340 kg. In the same year he was used at the World Seniors Championships in Istanbul . He increased in the light heavy weight to 347.5 kg, which however only reached 16th place in the strong competition.

In 1995 he was second again at the European Junior Championships in Be'er Scheva in Israel in the light heavyweight division with 350 kg and then he finished 8th at the European Senior Championships in Warsaw with 347.5 kg. In the autumn of 1995 he celebrated his greatest success to date at the Junior World Championships, which also took place in Warsaw. He was junior world champion with 360 kg (165 kg snatch, 195 kg push ) in a duel . Soon after, however, the rude awakening came for him because the doping sample taken at this event was positive. The junior world championship title was revoked and he was banned for two years for doping .

In 1998 he started at the European Championship after his suspension in Riesa . He had trained in the middle weight (up to 77 kg body weight) and reached 2nd place with 360 kg. behind Slatan Vanev from Bulgaria , who brought the same load to the high distance, but was a little lighter himself.

At the 1999 World Championships in Athens Giorgi Assanidze started again in the light heavyweight division. He increased to 377.5 kg. This achievement was only enough for 6th place. He presented himself in excellent shape at the 2000 European Championships in Sofia . He reached 390 kg in a light heavyweight duel and also set a new world record with 181 kg in the snatch . As a co-favorite, he went to the Olympic Games in Sydney this year . In Sydney he fought a thrilling three-way battle with the two-time Olympic champion Pyrros Dimas from Greece and Marc Huster from Germany . These three lifters each reached 390 kg in a duel. The medals had to be awarded according to body weight.

Dimas was the lightest and received his third gold medal , Marc Huster, who was 160 g heavier than Dimas, received the silver medal and Giorgi Assanidze, as the heaviest of these three athletes, received the bronze medal . It was up to Giorgi Assanidze to win the gold medal. He had already reached 390 kg in a duel after his first push attempt with 210 kg. He then increased to 215 kg, which he failed twice. If he had taken 212.5 kg, which he would have done sooner than 215 kg, he would have been an Olympic champion.

In 2001 and 2002, Giorgi Assanidze was the dominant figure on the light heavyweight lift after the resignation of Pyrros Dimas and Marc Huster. He became European champion in Trenčín in 2001 and world champion in Antalya . In 2002, another European title in a duel was added in Antalya. Only at the 2002 World Cup in Warsaw was he surprised by the Bulgarian Slatan Wanew . Wanew, basically a middleweight, was 10 kg behind Assanidze before his last attempt in pushing in a duel and managed the almost impossible and hit the world record with 217.5 kg. Like Assanidze, he had 385 kg in a duel and was world champion ahead of this because of his lighter body weight.

In 2003 Giorgi Assanidze was injured and could not start in any international championship all year round. In 2004 he took part in the European championship in Kiev with a long training deficit and only achieved 12th place in the light heavyweight duel with 360 kg. In the few months leading up to the Olympic Games in Athens, however, he managed to get back into shape. He achieved 382.5 kg in a duel in Athens, which was enough to win Andrej Rybakou from Belarus and Pyrros Dimas, who was trying to make a comeback.

Giorgi Assanidze then announced his retirement from active lifting. In 2007 he surprisingly tried a comeback at the World Cup in Chiang Mai in Thailand , which went wrong. He managed 160 kg in the snap (12th place) and had three failed attempts with 187 kg in the push. It therefore remained unplaced.

In addition to the championship titles and medal wins, Giorgi Assanidze also won a large number of titles and medals in the individual disciplines of snatching and pushing. See individual medals .

Giorgi Assanidze graduated from the Georgian State Academy for Physical Education and Sport in Tbilisi in 1996. After his active time he worked temporarily in the Georgian Ministry of Defense. Now he is a non-party member of the Parliament of Georgia and a member of the Science, Culture and Sports Committee .

International successes (duel)

(Mi = middle weight, Ls = light heavy weight, up to 77 kg or 83 kg / 85 kg body weight)

  • 1994, 2nd place , Junior European Championship in Rome, Ls, with 340 kg (155 kg / 185 kg), behind Ibragim Elmursajew , Russia , 350 kg (160 kg / 190 kg) and in front of Oleksij Obukow , Ukraine , 335 kg ( 150 kg / 185 kg);
  • 1994, 16th place , World Championships in Istanbul, Ls, with 347.5 kg (157.5 kg / 190 kg), winner: Marc Huster , Germany, 382.5 kg (172.5 kg / 210 kg) ahead of Sergo Tschakojan , Armenia , 380 kg (175 kg / 205 kg) and Sunay Bulut , Turkey , 375 kg (165 kg / 210 kg);
  • 1995, 2nd place , Junior World Championships in Beersheba, Israel, Ls, with 350 kg (162.5 kg / 187.5 kg), behind Svjatoslaw Nikolow , Bulgaria, 352.5 kg (155 kg / 197.5 kg) and before Pawel Basuk , Belarus, 340 kg (155 kg / 185 kg);
  • 1995, 8th place , EM in Warsaw, Ls, with 347.5 kg (160 kg / 187.5 kg), winner: Pyrros Dimas , Greece, 387.5 kg (177.5 kg / 210 kg) ahead of Andrzej Cofalik , Poland , 372.5 kg (167.5 kg / 205 kg) and Dursun Sevinç , Turkey, 365 kg (165 kg / 210 kg);
  • 1995, 1st place , Junior World Championships in Warsaw, Ls, with 360 kg (165 kg / 195 kg) ahead of Quin Quang , China , 347.5 kg (157.5 kg / 190 kg) and Tadeusz Drzazga , Poland, 340 kg (160 kg / 180 kg); Giorgi Assanidze was subsequently disqualified for doping , the world title was stripped from him;
  • 1998, 2nd place , EM in Riesa, Wed, with 360 kg (165 kg / 195 kg), behind Slatan Wanew , Bulgaria, 360 kg (160 kg / 200 kg) and in front of Chatschatur Kjapanakzjan , Armenia, 355 kg (165 kg / 190 kg);
  • 1998, 6th place , World Championships in Lahti , Wed, with 357.5 kg (168 kg / 190 kg), winner: Slatan Wanew , with 365 kg (162.5 kg / 202.5 kg) ahead of Petar Tanew , Bulgaria, 362.5 kg (160 kg / 202.5 kg) and Mehmet Yılmaz , Turkey, 360 kg (165 kg / 195 kg);
  • 1999, 6th place , World Championships in Athens, Ls, with 377.5 kg (177.5 kg / 200 kg), winner: Shahin Naisirinia , Iran , 390 kg (175 kg / 215 kg) ahead of Pyrros Dimas, 387.5 kg (180.5 kg / 207.5 kg) and Marc Huster, 382.5 kg (177.5 kg / 205 kg);
  • 2000, 1st place , EM in Sofia, Ls, with 390 kg (181 kg / 205 kg) in front of Georgi Gardschew , Bulgaria, 285 kg (175 kg / 210 kg) and Yuri Myschkowez , Russia, 375 kg (170 kg / 205 kg),
  • 2000, bronze medal , Olympic Summer Games in Sydney , Ls, with 390 kg (180 kg / 210 kg), behind Pyrros Dimas, 390 kg (175 kg / 215 kg) and Marc Huster, 390 kg (177.5 kg / 212.5 kg);
  • 2001, 1st place , EM in Trencin, Ls, with 380 kg (175 kg / 205 kg) in front of Georgi Gardschew, 372.5 kg (172.5 kg / 200 kg) and Sergei Schukow , Russia, 367.5 kg ( 165 kg / 202.5 kg);
  • 2001, 1st place , World Championships in Antalya, Ls, with 390 kg (180 kg / 210 kg) ahead of Aljaksandr Anishchanka , Belarus, 385 kg (177.5 kg / 207.5 kg);
  • 2002, 1st place , EM in Antalya, Ls, with 380 kg (175 kg / 205 kg) before Mariusz Rutkowski , Poland, 380 kg (172.5 kg / 207.5 kg) and Aslambek Edijew , Russia, 367.5 kg (165 kg / 202.5 kg);
  • 2002, 2nd place , World Championships in Warsaw, Ls, with 385 kg (177.5 kg / 207.5 kg) behind Slatan Wanew, 385 kg (167.5 kg / 217.5 kg) and in front of Ruslan Nowikau , Belarus, 380 kg (172.5 kg / 207.5 kg);
  • 2004, 12th place , EM in Kiev, Ls, with 360 kg (170 kg / 190 kg), winner: Isset Ince , Turkey, 380 kg (175 kg / 205 kg) ahead of Zaur Takuschew , Russia, 377.5 kg ( 177.5 kg / 200 kg) and Erdal Sunar , Turkey, 377.5 kg (172.5 kg / 205 kg);
  • 2004, gold medal , Summer Olympics in Athens , Ls, with 382.5 kg (177.5 kg / 202.5 kg) ahead of Andrej Rybakou, Belarus, 380 kg (180 kg / 200 kg) and Pyrros Dimas, 377.5 kg (175 kg / 202.5 kg);
  • 2007, unpl. , World Championships in Chiang Mai / Thailand, Ls, after 160 kg in snatch (12th place) three failed attempts in pushing with 187 kg; Winner: Andrei Rybakou, 393 kg (187 kg / 206 kg) in front of Aslambek Ediev, 372 kg (172 kg / 200 kg) and Wadim Stralzou , Belarus, 370 kg (170 kg / 200 kg).

Individual medals

  • 1994, silver medal, Junior European Championship, Ls, with 155 kg in the snatch,
  • 1994, bronze medal, Junior European Championship, Ls, with 185 kg in the push,
  • 1995, gold medal, Junior European Championship, Ls, with 162.5 kg in the snatch,
  • 1995, silver medal, Junior European Championship, Ls, with 187.5 kg in the push,
  • 1998, silver medal, EM, Wed, with 165 kg in the tear,
  • 1998, gold medal, World Cup, Wed, with 168 kg in the snatch,
  • 1999, silver medal, WM, Ls, with 177.5 kg in the snatch,
  • 2000, gold medal, EM, Ls, with 181 kg in the tear,
  • 2000, silver medal, EM, Ls, with 210 kg in the push,
  • 2001, gold medal, EM, Ls, with 175 kg in the tear,
  • 2001, gold medal, EM, Ls, with 205 kg in the push,
  • 2001, gold medal, WM, Ls, with 180 kg in the tear,
  • 2001, gold medal, WM, Ls, with 210 kg in the push,
  • 2002, gold medal, EM, Ls, with 175 kg in the snatch,
  • 2002, silver medal, EM, Ls, with 205 kg in the push,
  • 2002, gold medal, WM, Ls, with 177.5 kg in the snatch

World records

  • 1998 in Lahti, 168 kg in the tear, Wed,
  • 2000 in Sofia, 181 kg in the tear, Ls

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personal data
SURNAME Assanidze, Giorgi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES გიორგი ასანიძე (Abkhazian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Georgian weightlifter
DATE OF BIRTH August 30, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Punch scissors