Ilya Ilyin

Ilya Ilyin
Personal information
NationalityKazakhstani
Born (1988-05-24) 24 May 1988 (age 36)
Kzyl-Orda, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight104.35 kg (230.1 lb)
Websitewww.ilya-ilyin.kz
Sport
SportWeightlifting
Event-105 kg
Coached byToyshan Bektemirov, Erzhas Boltaev
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • Snatch: 191 kg (2015)
  • Clean and jerk: 246 kg (2015, WR)
  • Total: 437 kg (2015, WR)
Medal record
Representing  Kazakhstan
Olympic Games
Disqualified 2008 Beijing 94 kg
Disqualified 2012 London 94 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Doha 85 kg
Gold medal – first place 2006 Santo Domingo 94 kg
Gold medal – first place 2011 Paris 94 kg
Gold medal – first place 2014 Almaty 105 kg
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2006 Doha 94 kg
Gold medal – first place 2010 Guangzhou 94 kg

Ilya Aleksandrovich Ilyin (Russian: Илья Александрович Ильин; born 24 May 1988) is a retired Kazakhstani weightlifter who won four world championships and was regarded as one of the greatest weightlifters of all time, until banned for doping abuse in both 2008 and 2012 Olympics. On 12 December, 2015 at the President's Cup in Grozny, Russia, Ilyin set two world records in the −105 kg class. He lifted 246 kg in the clean and jerk and 437 kg in the total. Ilyin was named IWF World Weightlifter of the Year four times: in 2005, 2006, 2014, and 2015.

Originally a two-time Olympic gold medallist in 2008 and 2012, Ilyin was officially stripped of his gold medals on 25 November, 2016, by the IWF due to doping violations after retests of his samples given at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics.