Dmitry Berestov
Russian weightlifter
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| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Representing  Russia | ||
| Men's weightlifting | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
 | 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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Filippo Bottino (ITA) - 1924: Giuseppe Tonani (ITA)
- 1928:
Josef Straßberger (GER) - 1932:
Jaroslav Skobla (TCH) - 1936:
Josef Manger (GER) - 1948:
John Davis (USA) - 1952: John Davis (USA)
- 1956: Paul Anderson (USA)
- 1960:
Yury Vlasov (URS) - 1964: Leonid Zhabotinsky (URS)
- 1968: Leonid Zhabotinsky (URS)
- 1972: Jaan Talts (URS)
- 1976: Yury Zaitsev (URS)
- 1980: Leonid Taranenko (URS)
- 1984:
Norberto Oberburger (ITA) - 1988: Yury Zakharevich (URS)
- 1992:
Ronny Weller (GER) - 1996:
Timur Taymazov (UKR) - 2000:
Hossein Tavakkoli (IRI) - 2004:
Dmitry Berestov (RUS) - 2008:
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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