Yevgeny Alexandrovich Chigishev

Yevgeny Chigishev
Personal information
Surname:	Yevgeny Alexandrovich Chigishev
Nationality:	Russia
Date of birth:	May 28, 1979
Place of birth:	Novokuznetsk
Size:	185 cm
Medal table

Evgeni Alexandrowitsch Tschigischew ( Russian Евгений Александрович Чигишев , scientific transliteration Evgenij Aleksandrovič Čigišev ; born May 28, 1979 in Novokuznetsk ) is a Russian weightlifter .

Career

Chigishev started lifting weights at the age of 10. As a junior, he won several medals at world and European championships. In 2000 he made his senior debut when he immediately won gold in the snatch at the European Championships in Sofia in the class up to 105 kg. In the push and duel, they ended up in fifth place. In the same year Tschigischew finished fifth again at the Olympic Games, where he had been lying on the silver rank after the first sub-discipline tear. The following year, Tschigischew finally won the title of European champion with another gala performance in the tear. Although he only achieved the fourth best result in the push, his lead in the duel was ten kilograms over the runner-up.

Due to an incident on New Year's Eve 2001, Chigishev could not attend any competitions throughout 2002. Chigishev and a friend had clashed with some drunks, and both of them were stabbed. Unlike his friend, who did not survive this attack, Chigishev was seriously injured and then had to spend a few months in the hospital. Overall, the rehabilitation took over a year.

In April 2003 Tschigischew returned to the international competition stage at the European Championships in Loutraki, Greece , where he competed for the first time in the super heavyweight division (over 105 kg). Here, too, he won the gold medal in both snatch and duel; in the push he took second place as the lightest of four opponents, all of whom had completed the same load. At the subsequent World Championships in Vancouver , Tschigischew won a medal in his parade discipline with third place for the first time in an intercontinental competition. He was denied further precious metal when he ended the competition after the first valid push attempt and finished fourth in the duel.

After another break from competition, Tschigischew won his first world title in snatching as well as silver in pushing and in duels in 2005 . In 2007 in Chiang Mai he repeated his World Cup success, this time with gold in the push and silver in snatch and again in a duel. At the European Championships in 2008, Tschigischew won bronze in the tear with only one valid attempt. A flawless performance in jerking, which earned him silver, was enough to finish third in the duel. At the Olympic Games in Beijing that same year , Tschigischew led before pushing with seven kilograms in front of Matthias Steiner , after he had mastered all three attempts in snatch. Although Tschigischew also did not fail in the second sub-discipline with a personal best, it was only enough to win silver in the end, after the German brought eight kilograms more to the high course in the last round and thus had one kilogram more in the overall result.

After the Olympic Games, Chigishev returned to the international stage for the first time in 2010. At the European Championships in Minsk he was able to win gold with 440.0 kg (205.0 / 235.0 kg), although he injured his leg in his second push attempt with 240.0 kg and could no longer compete. He placed himself in front of Ruben Aleksanjan (432.0 kg) and Steiner (426.0 kg), both of whom failed in their last attempt to beat Tschigischew's result. At the World Championships in Antalya , Tschigischew won 210.0 kg gold in the snatch, but then had to give up the competition after he injured his leg again with 240.0 kg in the first attempt.

In 2012 Chigishev tried again to qualify for participation in the Olympic Games. But he came at the Russian championships with 437 kg (202-235) in a duel behind Ruslan Albegow , 460 kg (210-250) and Tschingis Moguschkow, 438 kg (201-237) on the 3rd place and missed his goal. Then he ended his career.

Yevgeny Tschigischew weighed as a super heavyweight between 115 kg and 125 kg and was therefore usually considerably lighter than his main competitors. He made up for the supposed power disadvantage with his excellent technique (especially in tearing).

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
1997	2.	Junior World Championships (U 20) in Cape Town	Heavy	with 355 kg (155–200), behind Gennadi Krasilnikow, Ukraine, 362.5 kg (165–197.5)
1997	3.	Junior European Championship (U 20) in Seville	Heavy	with 352.5 kg (160–192.5), behind Gennadi Krasilnikow, 367.5 kg (262.5-205) and Stancho Tomow, Bulgaria, 355 kg (152.5–202.5)
1998	1.	Junior World Championships (U 20) in Sofia	Heavy	with 375 kg (175–200), before Christo Christow, Bulgaria, 360 kg (160–200)
1998	1.	Junior European Championship (U 20) in Sofia (U 20)	Heavy	with 392.5 kg (177.5–215), ahead of Alan Naniew, Russia, 365 kg (165–200)
1999	2.	Junior World Championships (U 20) in Savannah	Heavy	with 397.5 kg (185–212.5) behind Angel Popow, Bulgaria, 397.5 kg (175–222.5) and in front of Vladimir Smortschkow , Russia, 392.5 kg (182.5–210)
2000	5.	EM in Sofia	Heavy	at 410 kg (187.5-222.5); Winner: Metin Kadir , Bulgaria, 415 kg (185–230) ahead of Robert Dołęga , Poland, 410 kg (182.5–227.5)
2000	5.	OS in Sydney	Heavy	at 415 kg (190-225); Winner: Hossein Tavakoli , Iran, 425 kg (190–235) ahead of Alan Zagaew , Bulgaria, 422.5 kg (187.5–235)
2001	1.	EM in Trencin	Heavy	with 422.5 kg (195–227.5), ahead of Szymon Kołecki , Poland, 412.5 kg (180–232.5) and Zoltan Kovacs, Hungary, 412.5 kg (182.5–230)
2003	1.	EM in Loutraki / Greece	Super heavy	with 447.5 kg (207.5–240), ahead of Ashot Danieljan , Armenia, 447.5 kg (205–242.5) and Damian Damjanow , Bulgaria, 442.5 kg (202.5–240)
2003	4th	World Cup in Vancouver	Super heavy	with 435 kg (205–230), behind Hossein Rezazadeh , Iran, 457.5 kg (207.5–250), Welitschko Tscholakow , Bulgaria, 447.5 kg (205–242.5) and Viktors Ščerbatihs , Latvia, 445 kg (200–245)
2005	2.	EM in Sofia	Super heavy	with 447.5 kg (205–242.5), behind Viktors Ščerbatihs, 450 kg (200–250) and in front of Aschot Danieljan, 440 kg (192.5–247.5)
2005	2.	World Cup in Doha	Super heavy	with 457 kg (211–246), behind Hossein Rezazadeh, 461 kg (210–251), in front of Saeed Salam Jaber , Qatar, 446 kg (201–245)
2007	2.	EM in Strasbourg	Super heavy	with 435 kg (205–230), behind Viktors Ščerbatihs, 447 kg (202–245)
2007	2.	World Cup in Chiang Mai / Thailand	Super heavy	with 441 kg (201–240), behind Viktors Ščerbatihs, 442 kg (202–240), in front of Saeed Salam Jaber, 435 kg (195–240)
2008	3.	EM in Lignano	Super heavy	with 442 kg (195–247), behind Viktors Ščerbatihs, 447 kg (195–252) and Matthias Steiner , Germany, 446 kg (200–246)
2008	silver	OS in Beijing	Super heavy	with 460 kg (210–250), behind Matthias Steiner, 461 kg (203–258), in front of Viktors Ščerbatihs, 448 kg (206–242)
2010	1.	EM in Minsk	Super heavy	with 440 kg (205–235), ahead of Ruben Aleksanjan , Armenia, 432 kg (195–237) and Matthias Steiner, 426 kg (190–236)
2010	unpl.	World Cup in Antalya	Super heavy	after 210 kg in the snatch (1st place) three failed attempts with 241 kg in the jerk, thus without a duel; Winner: Behdad Salimikordasiabi , Iran, 453 kg (208–245) ahead of Matthias Steiner, 440 kg (194–246)
2011	unpl.	EM in Kazan	Super heavy	three failed attempts at the tear with 195 kg after injury while warming up; Winner: Igor Schimechko , Ukraine, 412 kg (195-217) ahead of Jiří Orság , Czech Republic, 410 kg (184-226)

Explanations

• all competitions in single combat, consisting of snatching and pushing
• Weight classes: Heavyweight, up to 1997 up to 99 kg, since 1998 up to 105 kg, super heavyweight, since 1998 over 105 kg body weight
• OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship

Others

• Tschigischew is married and has one son (* 2008).
• Since September 2008 he has been studying electrothermal technology in Russia.

Personal best

• Tear: 211.0 kg in Doha in 2005 in the 105 kg class.
• Bump: 250.0 kg Beijing 2008 in the 105 kg class.
• Duel: 460.0 kg in Beijing in 2008 in the 105 kg class.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Chigishev Evgeny archive link ( Memento of the original from August 8, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed January 7, 2009). 

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• Athletics No. 10 October 2008 pp. 10–11

Web links

• Yevgeny Tschigischew (as Chigishev Evgeny) at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Yevgeny Tschigischew (as Tchigichev Evgeni) at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Yevgeny Chigishev in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Profile of Yevgeny Chigishev in the lift-up project at chidlovski.net (English)