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| Full name | Andrey Ivanovich Chemerkin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 February 1972 Solnechnodolsk, Stavropol Krai, Russian SFSR, USSR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 12 September 2025 (aged 53) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 168 kg (370 lb) (2002) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Andrey Ivanovich Chemerkin (Russian: Андрей Иванович Чемеркин, 17 February 1972 – 12 September 2025) was a Russian weightlifter. Chemerkin was a gold medallist at the 1996 Summer Olympics, and a bronze medalist at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
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 (601 lb) 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 (436 lb), followed by a clean and jerk of 260 kg (573 lb) to total 457.5 kg (1010 lb).
Chemerkin died on 12 September 2025, at the age of 53.
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