Lasha Talakhadze

Lasha Talakhadze
Talakhadze at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Native nameლაშა ტალახაძე
Nationality
Born (1993-10-02) 2 October 1993 (age 31)
Sachkhere, Georgia
Home townTbilisi, Georgia
Height1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight183 kg (403 lb)
Sport
CountryGeorgia
SportWeightlifting
Event+109 kg
Coached byGiorgi Asanidze[1]
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • Snatch: 225 kg (2021, CWR[a])[2]
  • Clean and jerk: 267 kg (2021, CWR)
  • Total: 492 kg (2021, CWR)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro +105 kg
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo +109 kg
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris +102 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Houston +105 kg
Gold medal – first place 2017 Anaheim +105 kg
Gold medal – first place 2018 Ashgabat +109 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Pattaya +109 kg
Gold medal – first place 2021 Tashkent +109 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Bogota +109 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Riyadh +109 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Førde +105 kg
Gold medal – first place 2017 Split +105 kg
Gold medal – first place 2018 Bucharest +105 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Batumi +109 kg
Gold medal – first place 2021 Moscow +109 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Tirana +109 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Yerevan +109 kg

Lasha Talakhadze (Georgian: ლაშა ტალახაძე; Georgian pronunciation: [laʃa tʼalaχadze]; born 2 October 1993) is a Georgian weightlifter, holding the all-time world records regardless of weight category in the snatch (225 kg, 496 lb), the clean and jerk (267 kg, 589 lb), and the total (492 kg, 1,085 lb) since 2021.

Regarded as one of the greatest weightlifters of all time, Talakhadze is a three-time Olympic champion,[3] seven-time world champion, and seven-time European champion competing in the super-heavyweight category (105 kg + until 2018[4] and 109 kg + starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories).[5] He is a three-time winner of the IWF Male Lifter of the Year.

  1. ^ "Giorgi Asanidze wins Coach of the Year". International Weighlifting Federation. 29 December 2016. Archived from the original on 10 November 2018. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  2. ^ "2021 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  3. ^ Olympic.org. "Olympic Profile". Archived from the original on 26 October 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  4. ^ "Lasha Talakhadze". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 11 December 2016.
  5. ^ "Start List Men +109kg A" (PDF). Ashgabat 2018 IWF World Championship. 31 October 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 November 2018.