Ilya Ilyin

Ilya Ilyin

Ilyin in December 2015
Personal information
Nationality	Kazakhstani
Born	(1988-05-24) 24 May 1988 (age 28) Kyzylorda, Kyzylorda Region, Kazakhstan
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	104.35 kg (230.1 lb)
Website	www.ilya-ilyin.kz
Sport
Sport	Weightlifting
Event(s)	-105 kg
Coached by	Toyshan Bektemirov, Erzhas Boltaev, Rufat Sembinov
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	Snatch: 191 kg (2015) Clean and jerk: 246 kg (2015, WR) Total: 437 kg (2015, WR)
Medal record Representing  Kazakhstan Olympic Games Disqualified 2008 Beijing –94 kg Disqualified 2012 London –94 kg World Championships 2005 Doha – 85 kg 2006 Santo Domingo –94 kg 2011 Paris –94 kg 2014 Almaty 105 kg Asian Games 2006 Doha –94 kg 2010 Guangzhou –94 kg

Ilya Aleksandrovich Ilyin (Russian: Илья Александрович Ильин; born 24 May 1988) is a Kazakhstani weightlifter who won four world championships. On 12 December 2015 at the President's Cup in Grozny, Russia, Ilyin set two world records in the −105 kg class: in the clean and jerk (246 kg) and in the total of (437 kg). Ilyin was named IWF World Weightlifter of the Year four times: in 2005, 2006, 2014 and 2015.

Originally a double Olympic champion from 2008 and 2012, Ilyin was officially stripped of, and ordered to return, both gold medals on 25 November 2016, as a result of his anti-doping samples from both competitions being retested and being found to contain banned anabolic steroids, namely stanozolol.

Ilyin became Kazakhstan's first junior and senior weightlifting world champion when he placed first overall in the −85 kg class at the 2005 World Weightlifting Championships. He snatched 170 kg and clean and jerked 216 kg (for which he also won the clean and jerk phase) for a total of 386 kg. His total of 386 is the current youth world record in the −85 kg class.

The next year Ilyin competed in the 94 kg class at the 2006 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, 2006 World Weightlifting Championships and 2006 Asian Games in Doha, winning all these competitions. At the 2006 Junior World Weightlifting Championships he snatched 176 kg and clean and jerked 225 kg for a total of 401 kg; Andrei Aramnau from Belarus captured the silver medal with 393 kg total with 177 kg snatch and 216 kg clean and jerk.

In September 2006 Ilyin snatched 175 kg and clean and jerked 217 kg for a total of 392 kg, securing the gold medal in the −94 kg category at 2006 World Weightlifting Championships. With his final two lifts in the clean and jerk phase he attempted to set a world record with 233 kg but was unsuccessful. In December 2006 Ilyin won the −94 kg class at 2006 Asian Games, snatching 175 kg and clean and jerking 226 kg for a total of 401 kg. After a very successful year Ilyin was named 2006 IWF World Weightlifter of the Year for the second time.