Daniel Godelli

Daniel Godelli (born 10 January 1992, in Peqin) is an Albanian weightlifter, and Olympian^[1][2] competing in the 69 kg and 77 kg categories until 2018 and 81 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.^[3]

Daniel Godelli

Personal information
Born	(1992-01-10) 10 January 1992 (age 33) Peqin, Albania
Medal record Men's Weightlifting Representing  Albania World Championships Disqualified 2014 Almaty 77 kg World Junior Championships 2011 Penang 69 kg European Championships 2013 Tirana 69 kg 2014 Tel Aviv 77 kg 2011 Kazan 69 kg Mediterranean Games 2013 Mersin 69 kg Snatch 2013 Mersin 69 kg Clean&Jerk

He has won various medals, most notably the gold medal at the 2014 World Championship in Almaty, but his results at Almaty were later disqualified due to testing positive for doping.^[4] He lifted a total weight of 369kg and became Albania's first ever to win a World championship medal in any Olympic sport. He also attempted a world record in clean and jerk but failed at 211 kg.^[5]

Career

The notable achievement during Godelli's youth activities was winning the gold medal on the World Junior Championships in 2011.^[6] In this year, also he won bronze medal at 2011 European Weightlifting Championships in Kazan.^[7]

In 2013, he won a gold medal in the clean and jerk, in the men's 69 kg category in the 2013 European Weightlifting Championships in Tirana, Albania.^[8] He also won two more silver in snatch, and total.^[9]

In 2014, he repeated himself with a silver medal but in the 77 kg category, and lost the gold medal to Erkand Qerimaj only for a slightly heavier body weight, as he had lifted the same combined weight as Qerimaj, 349 kg.^[10]

He initially won a gold medal at the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships in the 77 kg category, and in doing so became Albania's first World Champion.^[5] The results were later disqualified as Godelli failed an anti-doping test for the steroid Stanozolol,^[11][12] as a result he was banned from competition until 10 December 2016.^[13]

Major results

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
World Championships
2010	Antalya, Turkey	69 kg	135	140	145	13	167	172	177	5	317	7
2011	Paris, France	69 kg	140	143	146	6	165	–	–	32	311	20
2013	Wrocław, Poland	69 kg	145	147	151	4	175	175	182	7	322	7
2014	Almaty, Kazakhstan	77 kg	163	167	171	–	195	198	211	–	–	DSQ
2018	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	81 kg	156	162	162	10	186	186	186	–	–	–