Ilya Ilin

Ilya Ilyin

Ilyin in 2011.
Personal information
Born 24 May 1988
Kyzylorda, Kazakh SSR, USSR
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 104.35 kg (230.1 lb)
Website www.ilyailyin.kz
Sport
Country  Kazakhstan
Sport Weightlifting
Event(s) 105 kg
Coached by Toyshan Bektemirov, Erzhas Boltaev
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • Snatch: 190 kg (2014)
  • Clean and jerk: 242 kg (2014, WR)
  • Total: 432 kg (2014)

Ilya Aleksandrovich Ilyin (Russian: Ильин Илья Александрович;Kazakh: Ильин Илья Александрұлы ; born 24 May 1988) is a Kazakh weightlifter. Ilyin has won two Olympic championships and four world championships. He is currently the world and Olympic record holder in both the clean and jerk (233 kg) and the overall total (418 kg) in the 94 kg class. On the 15 of November 2014, Ilyin clean and jerked 242 kg setting a new world record in the -105 kg class. He is Kazakhstan's first two-time Olympic champion.

Athletic career

Ilyin became Kazakhstan's first junior and senior weightlifting world champion when he placed first overall in the men's 85 kg class at the 2005 World Weightlifting Championships. He snatched 170 kg and clean and jerked 216 kg (for which he also won the clean and jerk phase) for a total of 386 kg. His total of 386 is the current youth world records in the 85 kg class.

The next year Ilyin competed in the men's 94 kg class at the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships and won the gold medal in the overall. He snatched 175 kg and clean and jerked 217 kg for a total of 392 kg. With his final two lifts in the clean and jerk phase he attempted to set a world record with 233 kg but was unsuccessful.

Ilyin competed in the men's 94 kg class at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and won the gold medal, snatching 180 kg and clean and jerking 226 kg for a total of 406 kg.[1]

In 2011, Ilyin competed in the men's 94 kg class at the world championships and once again won the gold medal in both the clean and jerk and the overall. He snatched 181 kg and clean and jerked 226 kg for a total of 407 kg.

Ilyin won the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's 94 kg category with a world and Olympic record total of 418 kg. He was successful in all three snatch attempts with lifts of 177 kg, 182 kg, and 185 kg. He was also successful in all three clean and jerk attempts with lifts of 224 kg, 228 kg, and 233 kg. His final lift of 233 kg is now the current world and Olympic record in the clean and jerk. As a result of this performance, Ilyin became the first Kazakhstani in history to win two Olympic gold medals.

On November 8, 2012 Ilin was awarded the Olympic Council of Asia award as the best Asian athlete, along with Zulfiya Chinshanlo and Olga Rypakova.

He is a member of the Astana Presidential Sports Club.[2]

2008 Beijing Olympics

Rank Athlete Group Body weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total
1 2 3 Result 1 2 3 Result
1st  Ilya Ilyin (KAZ) A 93.64 175 180 — 180 223 223 226 226 406
2nd  Szymon Kołecki (POL) A 93.73 174 177 179 179 217 224 228 224 403
3rd  Khadzhimurat Akkayev (RUS) B 92.99 178 182 185 185 212 215 217 217 402

2012 London Olympics

Rank Athlete Group Body weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total
1 2 3 Result 1 2 3 Result
1st  Ilya Ilyin (KAZ) A 93.52 177 182 185 185 224 228 233 233 418
2nd  Aleksandr Ivanov (RUS) A 93.30 180 185 185 185 215 224 229 224 409
3rd  Anatolie Cîrîcu (MDA) A 93.29 178 181 181 181 220 226 228 226 407

Personal records

Discipline Result Location Competition Record Date
Snatch 190 kg Kazakhstan Almaty 2014 World Weightlifting Championships National Record 15 November 2014
Clean & Jerk 242 kg Kazakhstan Almaty 2014 World Weightlifting Championships World Record 15 November 2014
Total 432 kg Kazakhstan Almaty 2014 World Weightlifting Championships National Record 15 November 2014

Achievements

2014 World Weightlifting Championships, −105 kg;
2012 London Olympic Games, −94 kg.
2011 World Weightlifting Championships, −94 kg;
2010 Asian Games, −94 kg;
2008 Beijing Olympic Games, −94 kg.
2006 World Weightlifting Championships, −94 kg;
2006 Asian Games, −94 kg;
2005 World Weightlifting Championships, −85 kg;

Major results

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2008 China Beijing, China 94 kg 175180--422322322614061st
2012 United Kingdom London, United Kingdom 94 kg 177182185222422823314181st
World Championships
2005 Qatar Doha, Qatar 85 kg 16517017372052112161st3861st
2006 Dominican Republic Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep 94 kg 1701751773rd2172332332nd3921st
2011 France Paris, France 94 kg 1751811845221226--1st4071st
2014 Kazakhstan Almaty, Kazakhstan 105 kg 1831871903rd2332392421st4321st
Asian Games
2006 Qatar Doha, Qatar 94 kg 162166171120521522613971st
2010 China Guangzhou, China 94 kg 170175178321521922713941st

See also

References

  1. ↑ Ilya Ilyin. sports-reference.com
  2. ↑ Ilyas Omarov (July 4, 2013). "Astana Presidential Sports Club Launched". The Astana Times. Retrieved October 31, 2013.

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