Aleksandr Ivanov (weightlifter)

For other people named Alexander Ivanov, see Alexander Ivanov (disambiguation).

Aleksandr Konstantinovich Ivanov (Russian: Александр Константинович Иванов; born July 22, 1989) is a Russian weightlifter. Prior to the 2012 London Summer Olympics, his best result was 403 kg (185 snatch + 218 clean and jerk achieved in Antalya 2010).

Aleksandr Ivanov

Ivanov in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Alexandr Konstantinovich Ivanov
Nationality	Russian
Born	(1989-07-22) July 22, 1989 (age 36) Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Years active	2006-
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	94 kg (207 lb)
Sport
Country	Russia
Sport	Olympic weightlifting
Event	–94 kg
Club	SFO, Krasnoyarsk
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	Snatch: 186 kg (2011) Clean & Jerk: 226 kg (2012) Total: 411 kg (2012)
Medal record Olympic Games Disqualified London 2012 – 94 kg World Championships 2010 Antalya – 94 kg Disqualified 2013 Wrocław – 94 kg
Updated on 21 November 2016

Doping

He originally was awarded the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's 94 kg category with a total of 409 kg (185 snatch + 224 clean and jerk). On 27 July 2016, the IWF reported that, in the IOC's second wave of doping re-sampling, Ivanov had tested positive for the steroid dehydrochlormethyltestosterone.^[1] On 14 September 2016, Ivanov was stripped of his Olympic silver medal.^[2]

In 2023 the International Weightlifting Federation annulled his results between 7 March 2012 and 7 February 2022. ^[3]