David Litvinov

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David Litvinov (born 23 September 1993)^[1] is an Israeli weightlifter. He represented Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.^[2]

David Litvinov

Personal information
Born	(1993-09-23) 23 September 1993 (age 30)
Sport
Country	Israel
Sport	Weightlifting
Weight class	+109 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	11th (2021)
World finals	17th (2018)
Regional finals	7th (2018)
Medal record Men's weightlifting Representing  Israel IWF World Cup 2020 Rome +109 kg

Career

Litvinov competed in the men's +105 kg event at the 2017 Summer Universiade held in Taipei, Taiwan and the men's +105 kg event at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships held in Anaheim, United States.^[3] He also competed in the men's +109 kg event at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan and the men's +109 kg event at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships held in Pattaya, Thailand.^[4]

Litvinov competed at several editions of the European Weightlifting Championships: he competed in the men's +105 kg event at the 2014 European Weightlifting Championships in Israel, Tel Aviv, at the 2016 European Weightlifting Championships in Førde, Norway, at the 2017 European Weightlifting Championships in Split, Croatia and the 2018 European Weightlifting Championships in Bucharest, Romania. He also competed in the men's +109 kg event at the 2021 European Weightlifting Championships in Moscow, Russia.^[5]

In 2020, Litvinov won the bronze medal in the men's +109 kg event at the Roma 2020 World Cup in Rome, Italy.^[1]

Fernando Reis of Brazil had qualified to compete in the men's +109 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan but he was suspended after testing positive for human growth hormone.^[6] He was replaced by Litvinov less than a week before the opening ceremony of the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[2] Litvinov finished in 11th place with a total of 381 kg.^[7]

In 2023, he competed at the European Weightlifting Championships held in Yerevan, Armenia.

Achievements

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
Summer Olympics
2021	Tokyo, Japan	+109 kg	176	181	181	10	205	210	210	11	381	11
World Championships
2017	Anaheim, United States	+105 kg	160	166	172	15	190	190	203	18	356	18
2018	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	+109 kg	170	175	178	17	200	205	210	20	380	17
2019	Pattaya, Thailand	+109 kg	176	181	184	12	205	205	211	21	395	19

References

1. "2020 Roma World Cup" (PDF). Federazione Italiana Pesistica. (PDF) from the original on 26 May 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
2. Oliver, Brian (19 July 2021). "European weightlifting champion Toma fails with legal challenge against Olympic ban". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
3. "2017 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). lsaf.lt. (PDF) from the original on 25 June 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
4. "2019 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. (PDF) from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
5. "Results Book" (PDF). 2021 European Weightlifting Championships. (PDF) from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
6. Oliver, Brian (17 July 2021). "Brazilian weightlifter removed from Tokyo 2020 team after positive test for human growth hormone". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
7. "Men's +109 kg Results" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. (PDF) from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.

External links

 

Wikimedia Commons has media related to David Litvinov.

• David Litvinov at the International Weightlifting Federation  
• David Litvinov at Olympedia  
• David Litvinov at Olympics.com
• David Litvinov at the Olympic Committee of Israel (in Hebrew) (English translation)
• David Litvinov at The-Sports.org