Andrei Chemerkin

Andrey Ivanovich Chemerkin was a Russian weightlifter. Chemerkin was a gold medallist at the 1996 Summer Olympics, and a bronze medalist at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

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Weightlifting achievements

Olympic Games gold medallist.
4 time World Weightlifting Championships gold medallist.
2 time European Weightlifting Championships gold medallist.
Set 7 world records during his career
1991 - 1992 junior world weightlifting champion and a Russian championship winner known as the three warriors tournament

Chemerkin was the winner of the World Weightlifting Championships for university year 2000 but not a Senior Championship, and he attempted the all time heaviest clean and jerk 272.5 kg in the 2000 Olympics which he needed to win. In addition, he was a winner of several Russian Championships. At the time he won the Olympic Games in 1996 he snatched 197.5 kg, followed by a clean and jerk of 260 kg to total 457.5 kg.

Career bests

Snatch – 202.5 kg at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Clean and jerk – 262.5 kg
Total – 462.5 kg 1997 World Weightlifting Championships

Death

Chemerkin died on 12 September 2025, at the age of 53.