Artem Okulov

Artyom Maximowitsch Okulov (Russian Артём Максимович Окулов; born May 5, 1994) is a Russian weightlifter. He is a multiple junior world and European champion and won the World Championship in 2013, the seniors a bronze medal in the light heavyweight division.

Career

Okulov comes from Tschussowoi. In his hometown, he began as a teenager with weight lifting and developed within a few years to become a world-class weightlifter. The Russian weightlifting federation realized early on his qualities, intensively promoted him and sat him regularly since 2009 at the World and European Championships in the junior range. Since 2012, he trained in a training center in Kazan and studied pedagogy in Moscow. With a size of 1.69 meters, he got in an ideal weight of 85 kg physical requirements (leverage ) in order to deliver maximum performance can.

His first start in an international championship took place at the Junior World Championship 2009 (U 17) in Chiang Mai / Thailand, where he had to be content even in light weight with a performance in the duel of 267 kg ( 121-146 ) with the 4th place. In 2010 he was in Valencia Junior European Champion ( U-17 ) in the middleweight division, where he increased his duel power within a year to 320 kg ( 143-177 ). In August 2010, he was also Youth Olympic champion in the middleweight division in Singapore. He scored 327 kg ( 145-182 ).

In May 2011, Artem Okulov in Lima Junior World Champion (U 17) in the light heavyweight division and increased its duel power to 347 kg ( 156-191 ). In May 2011, he won in Bucharest and in the European Junior Championship (U 20) and raised there in the light heavy weight 353 kg ( 158-195 ), which he to his compatriot Viktor Charchenko who came to 345 kg ( 151-194 ), on referred 2nd place. In May 2012, Artem Okulov suffered at the Junior World Championship (U 20) in Antigua in the light heavyweight defeat. He scored there in a duel 353 kg ( 160-193 ), but the Chinese Zhan Huacong was 359 kg ( 165-194 ) better and snatched the title away. For this he was 2012 winner at the Universities World Cup inn Eilat, where he scored in a duel 357 kg ( 162-195 ) in November.

In May 2013 Junior World Champion was again Artem Okulov in Lima (U 20) achieved with 360 kg ( 165-195 ). He pointed Aex Chugajew, Belarus, 345 kg, and Arley Mendez from Cuba, 342 kg, to the places. In July 2013 he started at the Universiade in Kazan. He scored there in a duel 371 kg ( 168-203 ), but his compatriot Apti Auchadow was beaten just who came to 372 kg ( 157-205 ). In October 2013 he was then also used in the Senior World Championships in Wroclaw. He grew up there on a duel capacity of 381 kg ( 172-209 ), with the generated behind Apti Auchadow of the 387 kg ( 175-212 ) and the same power, but a few grams lighter Ivan Markov from Bulgaria, a World Cup bronze medal in single combat won. With his performance in pushing he won a World Championship silver medal.

International success

WM & EM individual medals

  • World Championship silver medals: 2013/Stoßen

Russian championships

  • All competitions in a duel, consisting of tearing and piercing
  • WM = World Championship, European Championship EM =
  • Light weight, weight category up to 69 kg, medium weight until 77 kg undLeichtschwergewicht to 85 kg body weight
Olympic weightlifting Weight class (boxing) Chusovoy Apti Aukhadov 2013 World Weightlifting Championships
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