Oleg Perepetchenov

Oleg Perepetchenov
Personal information
Native name Олег Александрович Перепечёнов
Full name Oleg Aleksandrovich Perepetchenov
Nationality Russian
Born (1975-09-06) September 6, 1975
Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
Country Russia
Sport Olympic weightlifting
Event(s) 77 kg
Club CSKA Moskva
Updated on 12 February 2013.

Oleg Perepetchenov (born September 6, 1975)[1] is a Russian weightlifter.

In the 2001 and 2002 World Weightlifting Championships, he won the silver medal in the Men's 77 kg weight category.[2][3] Perepetchenov competed in the Men's 77 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal, lifting 365.0 kg in total. At the 2001 and 2008 at the European Weightlifting Championships he won gold in the Men's 77 kg.[3][4] He was world champion in the 77 kg in clean and jerk at the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships.[3] At the 2008 Summer Olympics he ranked 5th in the 77 kg category, with a total of 354 kg.[3]

On February 12, 2013 the International Olympic Committee stripped Perepetchenov of his 2004 Olympic medal after both probes were retested and showed traces of anabolic steroids.[5]

Career bests

Perepetchenov has also competed in Powerlifting in the Raw Russian Championships in 2011.

Weighing in at 98 kg He achieved the Following:

Notes and references

  1. "Oleg Perepechenov". www.sports-reference.com. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
  2. "Georgi Markov of Bulgaria wins gold in total in men's 77-kilogram category". Associated Press. 2002-11-22. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Perepetchonov Oleg (RUS)". Database Weightlifting. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
  4. "European Senior Championships". International Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
  5. Grohmann, Karolos (February 12, 2013). "Russian weightlifter stripped of Athens bronze medal". The Star Online. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
  6. "World records: current". International Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
  7. "74th Men's and 17th Women's Centennial World Championships". International Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved April 23, 2011.


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