Dmitry Lapikov

Dmitry Valentinovich Lapikov is a former Russian weightlifter.

Career

At the 2005 World [Weightlifting Championships|2005 World Championships] he ranked 4th, with a total of 408 kg. He won gold in the snatch, silver in the clean and jerk, and overall silver at the 2006 World Championships, with a total of 414 kg.
Lapikov originally won the bronze medal in the Weightlifting at the [2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 105 kg|105 kg event] at the 2008 [Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing Olympics], with a total of 420 kg. In 2016, he was stripped of his medal after his sample tested positive for steroids.
Lapikov tested positive and was disqualified from the +105 kg event of the European Championship 2011. He originally won the +105 kg category with a 192 snatch, 227 clean and jerk, and 419 total.