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 32)
Peqin, Albania
Medal record
Men's Weightlifting
Representing  Albania
World Championships
Disqualified 2014 Almaty 77 kg
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Penang 69 kg
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2013 Tirana 69 kg
Silver medal – second place 2014 Tel Aviv 77 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Kazan 69 kg
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2013 Mersin 69 kg Snatch
Gold medal – first place 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]

Career

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The most notable achievement during Godelli's youth activities was winning the gold medal on the World Junior Championships in 2011.[5] In this year, also he won bronze medal at 2011 European Weightlifting Championships in Kazan.[6]

In 2013, he won a silver (big) medal in the 2013 European Weightlifting Championships in Tirana, Albania.[7] He had silver in Snatch and gold in Clean&Jerk.

In 2014, he repeated himself with a silver (big) 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.[8]

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.[9] The results were later disqualified as Godelli failed an anti-doping test for the steroid Stanozolol,[10][11] as a result he was banned from competition until 10 December 2016.

Major results

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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

References

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  1. ^ "Olympic Profile". Olympic.org. 26 June 2016. Archived from the original on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Daniel Godelli". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  3. ^ PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 81 kg
  4. ^ "Weightlifting - Daniel Godelli (Albania) : season totals". The-sports.org. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
  5. ^ "Top Channel Video". Top-channel.tv. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
  6. ^ "吹き出物は終わった". Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  7. ^ "Godelli ngjit një shkallë në podiumin e Europianit të 2013-ës". Sportekspres. 21 March 2014. Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  8. ^ Serani, Olgert (10 April 2014). "Qerimaj kampion Europe, mund Godellin për 20 gramë. Kuqezinjtë rrëmbejnë 6 medalje". Panorama sport. Archived from the original on 12 April 2014.
  9. ^ "Albania's first gold medal in any Olympic sport at a world championships". IWF.net. 13 November 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  10. ^ "Public Disclosure". 11 December 2014.
  11. ^ "IWF Sanctions". IWF.net. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
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