Dmitry Berestov

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Olympic medal record
Competitor for Russia
Men's weightlifting
Olympic Games
Gold	2004 Athens	-105 kg

Dmitry Vladimirovitch Berestov (Russian: Дмитрий Владимирович Берестов; born June 13, 1980 in Moscow) is a Russian weightlifter who won the gold medal in the 105 kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He is 186 cm/6 ft 1 tall and weighs 105 kg/231 lb.

In July 2006, Berestov failed a drugs test and is now facing a two-year competition ban.^[1]

References

↑ Berestov is disqualified for two years Gazeta.ru 13 July 2006

v t e Olympic Champions in Weightlifting Heavyweight

1920–1948: +82.5 kg, 1952–1968: +90 kg, 1972–1976: 90–110 kg, 1980–1992: 100–110 kg, 1996: 99–108 kg, 2000–2008: 94–105 kg

1920: Filippo Bottino 1924: Giuseppe Tonani 1928: Josef Straßberger 1932: Jaroslav Skobla 1936: Josef Manger 1948+1952: John Davis 1956: Paul Anderson 1960: Yury Vlasov 1964+1968: Leonid Zhabotinsky 1972: Jaan Talts 1976: Yury Zaitsev 1980: Leonid Taranenko 1984: Norberto Oberburger 1988: Yury Zakharevich 1992: Ronny Weller 1996: Timur Taymazov 2000: Hossein Tavakkoli 2004: Dmitry Berestov 2008: Andrei Aramnau 2012: Oleksiy Torokhtiy

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Name	Berestov, Dmitry
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Short description	Weightlifter
Date of birth	June 13, 1980
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