Almir Velagić (born 22 August 1981) is a Bosnian German weightlifter competing in the +105 kg category.
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| Born | 22 August 1981 Livno, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 140 kg (309 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | +105 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Velagić became a German citizen in 2000.[1] He competed for Germany in weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics, finishing 8th with a total of 413 kg.[2]
At the 2009 European Championships Velagić won bronze medals in snatch and clean and jerk, and overall silver in the +105 kg category, with a total of 418 kg.[3]
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Velagić again finished 8th.[4]
At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Velagić finished 9th in the super-heavyweight weight class.[5][6]
References
edit- ^ "Porträt Almir Velagic" (in German). ARD. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2009.
- ^ "VELAGIC Almir". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2009.
- ^ "Gewichtheben: 6 EM-Medaillen für deutsches Team". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). 13 April 2009. Retrieved 13 April 2009.
- ^ "+ 105kg men results - Weightlifting - London 2012 Olympics". Archived from the original on 17 December 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
- ^ "Almir VELAGIC". Olympic Channel. Archived from the original on 2 March 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Almir Velagic". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
External links
edit- Almir Velagic at Olympics.com
- Almir Velagic at Olympedia
- Almir Velagic at Team Deutschland (in German)
- Almir Velagic at Beijing2008.cn at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-09-09)
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