Dmitry Berestov
Russian weightlifter
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Medal record | ||
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![]() | 2004 Athens | -105 kg |
European Championships | ||
![]() | 2004 Kyiv | -105 kg |
![]() | 2008 Lignano Sabbiadoro | -105 kg |
Dmitry Vladimirovitch Berestov (Russian: Дмитрий Владимирович Берестов; born June 13, 1980, in Moscow) is a Russian weightlifter who won the gold medal in the 105 kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He is 186 cm/6 ft 1 tall and weighs 105 kg/231 lb.
In July 2006, Berestov failed a drugs test and faced a two-year competition ban.[1] In 2008 the suspension ended and Berestov returned to the 2008 European Weightlifting Championships, where he won the gold medal in the overall.
References
- ^ Berestov is disqualified for two years Archived August 22, 2006, at the Wayback Machine Gazeta.ru 13 July 2006
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Ronny Weller (GER)
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Timur Taymazov (UKR)
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Hossein Tavakkoli (IRI)
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Dmitry Berestov (RUS)
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Andrei Aramnau (BLR)
- 2012:
Navab Nassirshalal (IRI)
- 2016:
Ruslan Nurudinov (UZB)
- 2020:
Akbar Djuraev (UZB)
- +82.5 kg (1920–1948)
- +90 kg (1952–1968)
- 110 kg (1972–1992)
- 108 kg (1996)
- 105 kg (2000–2016)
- 109 kg (2020)
- 102 kg (2024–)
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