Oleksiy Torochtiy

Oleksiy Torochtiy

Oleksij Pavlovych Torochtij ( Ukrainian Олексій Павлович Торохтій ; born May 22, 1986 in Suhres , Donetsk Oblast , Ukrainian SSR ) is a Ukrainian weightlifter . In 2012 he won the Olympic gold medal in the heavyweight division, but this was seven years to him later for doping disallowed .

Career

Oleksij Torochtij started lifting weights at his school in Suhres at the age of 14 and is now a member of Dinamo Kharkiv . His coaches were or are Valeri Nikulin and Mikhail Mazocha. He is a student at the National Aviation University in Kharkiv .

He made his first appearance in an international championship at the European Junior Championships for the U 17 age group in 2003 in Dortmund . He came there in the weight class up to 94 kg with a duel of 300 kg (135-165) on the 4th place. Until 2006 he started in a number of other international championships in the junior area. The best place he achieved was 2nd place at the European Junior Championships (U 20) in 2006 in Palermo . He lifted there in a duel in the heavyweight 365 kg (165-200). In Hangzhou , China , he reached a 4th place at the Junior World Championships in 2006. There he weighed 369 kg (166–203) and was only 10 kg behind the performance of the heavyweight winner Igor Merkuschow, Russia, who weighed 379 kg (171 –208) came.

In 2006 Oleksij Torochtij was used at the Senior World Championships in Santo Domingo. He achieved there in the heavyweight duel 373 kg (165-209) and thus finished 12th. World champion was in Santo Domingo in this weight class Marcin Dolega from Poland, who brought 415 kg (193-222) to the high distance. In 2007 Oleksij Torochtij started at the World Championships in Chiang Mai / Thailand. There he made three failed attempts with 167 kg in the snatch, so that he remained without a duel and thus unplaced. This was the only "total failure" he suffered in his international weightlifting career.

He made a big leap in performance in the winter of 2007/08. This was shown at the European Championships in Lignano in April 2008. He achieved there in the heavyweight duel 395 kg (175-220), with which he came in 5th place. The winner Dmitri Berestow from Russia achieved 410 kg (190-220). With his performance in the push of 220 kg, he won the first medal of his international career, a silver. He was then used at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, but only reached 390 kg (177-213), which reached 12th place.

In 2009 Oleksij Torochtij was at the European Championships in Bucharest with 405 kg (181-224) behind Vladimir Smortschkow from Russia, 411 kg (190-221) vice European champion in a duel and secured his first European title with his performance in pushing (224 kg) . At the 2009 World Championships in Goyang , he only weighed 395 kg (180–215) and just missed the medal ranks with a 4th place in a duel. World champion was there again Marcin Dolega, who came to 421 kg (195-226).

In 2010 he was only at the European Championships in Minsk at the start and achieved there 396 kg (175-221) in a duel, with which he won the bronze medal. With his performance in pushing of 221 kg, he won a silver medal. The Russians Dmitri Klokow , 409 kg (185–224) and Vladimir Smortschkow, 408 kg (193–215) could not be endangered. At the European Championships in 2011 in Kazan he came to 385 kg (170-215) in a duel and thus only reached 5th place. After all, he won an EM bronze medal with his shock performance of 215 kg. He was in better shape at the 2011 World Cup in Paris . He increased there in the heavyweight division again to 410 kg (181-229) and thus took 3rd place in the duel ranking. With his shock performance of 229 kg he also won a bronze medal in the World Championships. Before him, the Russians Chadschimurat Akkajew , 430 kg (198-232) and Dimitri Klokow, 428 kg (196-232) placed in Paris .

The supposed high point of his career was the 2012 Olympic Games in London. He achieved there in a duel 412 kg (185-227), which were enough to win the Olympic gold medal. However, the Russian weightlifters who had dominated this weight class in previous years (Klokow, Smortschkow, Akkajew, Berestow) were not at the start, which led to some speculation. In 2013 Torocthij does not contest any international competitions. Based on the test results of doping samples taken at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, he and four other weightlifters were suspended by the world association IMF on December 23, 2018 . Finally, the IOC recognized him from his Olympic victory on December 19, 2019.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
2003	4th	Junior European Championship (U 17) in Dortmund	up to 94 kg	300 kg (135-165); Winner: Igor Lukanin, Russia, 342.5 kg (152.5–190)
2005	6th	Junior World Championships (U 20) in Busan	Heavy	at 355 kg (160-195); Winner: Igor Lukanin, 395 kg (180–215)
2005	6th	Junior European Championship (U 20) in Trencin	Heavy	at 355 kg (155-200); Winner: Igor Lukanin, 401 kg (181–220)
2006	4th	Junior World Championships (U 20) in Hangzhou / China	Heavy	at 369 kg (166-203); Winner: Igor Merkuschow, Russia, 379 kg (171–208)
2006	2.	Junior European Championship in Palermo	Heavy	at 365 kg (165-200); Winner: Nikolaos Kourtidis, Greece, 391 kg (170–221)
2006	12.	World Cup in Santo Domingo	Heavy	at 373 kg (165-208); Winner: Marcin Dolega , Poland, 415 kg (193–222) ahead of Dimitri Lapikow , Russia, 414 kg (194–220) and Dmitri Klokow , Russia, 406 kg (188–218)
2007	unpl.	World Cup in Chiang Mai / Thailand	Heavy	after three unsuccessful attempts at snapping with 167 kg; Winner: Andrej Aramnau , Belarus, 423 kg (195–228)
2007	1.	IWF World Cup in Apia / Samoa	Heavy	with 365 kg (160–205), before Gurbinder Singh, India, 335 kg (155–180)
2008	5.	EM in Lignano	Heavy	at 395 kg (175-220); Winner: Dmitri Berestow , Russia, 410 kg (190–220)
2008	12.	OS in Beijing	Heavy	at 390 kg (177-213); Winner: Andrej Aramnau, 436 kg (200–236) ahead of Dmitri Klokow, 423 kg (193–230) and Dimitri Lapikow, 420 (190–230)
2009	2.	EM in Bucharest	Heavy	with 405 kg (181–224), behind Wladimir Smortschkow , Russia, 411 kg (190–221) and in front of Ramūnas Vyšniauskas , Lithuania, 405 kg (182–223)
2009	4th	World Cup in Goyang	Heavy	with 395 kg (180–215,) behind Marcin Dolega, 421 kg (195–226), Dimitri Lapikow, 416 kg (194–222) and Roman Konstantinow, Russia, 400 kg (180–220)
2010	3.	EM in Minsk	Heavy	with 396 kg (175–221), behind Dmitri Klokow, 409 kg (185–224) and Wladimir Smortschkow, 408 kg (193–215)
2011	5.	EM in Kazan	Heavy	with 385 kg (170–215), winner: Chadschimurat Akkajew , Russia, 425 kg (195–230), ahead of Gio Machavariani, Georgia, 400 kg (183–217)
2011	3.	World Cup in Paris	Heavy	with 410 kg (181–229), behind Chadschimurat Akkajew, 430 kg (198–232) and Dmitri Klokow, 428 kg (196–232)
2012	DSQ	OS in London	Heavy	with 412 kg (185–227), in front of Navab Nasirshelal , Iran, 411 kg (184–227) and Bartłomiej Bonk , Poland, 410 kg (190–220)

Remarks

• all competitions in single combat, consisting of snatching and pushing
• OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship
• Heavyweight, weight class up to 105 kg body weight

World Cup and European Championship individual medals

• World Cup bronze medals: 2011 / pushing

• EM gold medals: 2009 / pushing
• European Championship silver medals: 2008 / pushing - 2010 / pushing
• European Championship bronze medals: 2011 / pushing

literature

• Athletics magazine

Web links

• Oleksij Torochtij at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Oleksij Torochtij in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Quintet suspended due to positive doping tests. ORF , December 23, 2018, accessed on the same day.
2. ^ IOC sanctions one athlete for failing anti-doping tests at London 2012. International Olympic Committee , December 19, 2019, accessed February 11, 2020 .