Lasha Talakhadze

Lasha Talakhadze

Talakhadze at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Nationality	Georgian
Born	(1993-10-02) 2 October 1993 (age 23) Sachkhere, Georgia
Height	1.97 m (6 ft 5 1⁄2 in)
Weight	157 kg (346 lb)
Sport
Country	Georgia
Sport	Weightlifting
Event(s)	+105 kg
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	Snatch: 217 kg (2017, WR) Clean and jerk: 258 kg (2016) Total: 473 kg (2016, WR)
Medal record Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro +105 kg World Weightlifting Championships 2015 Houston +105 kg European Weightlifting Championships Førde 2016 +105 kg Split 2017 +105 kg

Lasha Talakhadze (ლაშა ტალახაძე; born 2 October 1993 in Sachkhere) is a Georgian weightlifter competing in the +105 kg category.

Talakhadze represented Georgia at the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships finishing second with a total of 454 kg. After Aleksey Lovchev failed a doping test, Talakhadze was promoted to first place. At the 2016 Olympics he completed a snatch of 215 kg (breaking the world record of 214 kg set by Behdad Salimi, who then took the record back with 216 kg) and then completed a clean & jerk of 258 kg to set a new world record of 473 kg and win a gold medal. He most recently set a new world record in the snatch at the 2017 European Weightlifting Championships with 217 kg, exceeding Salimi's previous record set at the 2016 Olympics.