Ilya Ilyin

Nick Name

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Born

:24 May,1988

Age

:31 years, 3 months

Location

:Kyzylorda, Qyzylorda, Kazakhstan

Debut On

:2005

Website

: http://en.ilya-ilyin.kz/

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About Ilya Ilyin

Ilya Aleksandrovich Ilyin 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.

Career Highlights:

Kazakh weightlifter Ilya Aleksandrovich Ilyin is the current record holder of the all three event in the 94 kg class with his clean and jerk of 233 kg and overall total of 418 kg.
He is a two time Olympic champion and won the title of world championships four times.
Ilya Ilyin won the gold medal in 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics both in 94 kg class.
He set the Olympic record total of 418 kg in the 2012 Summer Olympics.
He won the 2011 world championship in the men’s 94 kg class.
He was named the best Asian athlete along with Zulfiya Chinshanlo and Olga Rypakova by the Olympic Council of Asia on November 8, 2012.