Ilya Ilyin

Ilya Ilyin

Ilyin in December 2015
Personal information
Born (1988-05-24) 24 May 1988
Kyzylorda
Height 1.74 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, Rufat Sembinov
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • Snatch: 191 kg (2015)
  • Clean and jerk: 246 kg (2015, WR)
  • Total: 437 kg (2015, WR)
Medal record
Olympic Games
2008 Beijing –94 kg
2012 London –94 kg
World Championships
2005 Doha – 85 kg
2006 Santo Domingo –94 kg
2011 Paris –94 kg
2014 Almaty 105 kg
World Junior Championships
Busan 2005 – 85 kg
Hangzhou 2006 – 94 kg
Asian Games
2006 Doha –94 kg
2010 Guangzhou –94 kg

Ilya Aleksandrovich Ilyin (Russian: Ильин Илья Александрович; 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 -105kg class. He is Kazakhstan's first two-time Olympic champion. On December 12, 2015 at the President's Cup in Grozny, Russia, Ilyin set 2 world records in the -105 kg class - clean and jerk (246 kg) and the total of (437 kg). Ilya Ilyin has been named IWF World Weightlifter of the Year four times (2005, 2006, 2014, 2015).

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 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, 2006 World Weightlifting Championships and 2006 Asian Games in Doha, winning the gold medal in all of these competitions.

In May 2006 during 2006 Junior World Weightlifting Championships Ilyin snatched 176 kg and clean and jerked 225 kg for a total of 401 kg, Andrei Aramnau from Belarus captured the silver medal with 393 kg total with 177 kg snatch and 216 kg clean and jerk.[1]

In September 2006 Ilyin snatched 175 kg and clean and jerked 217 kg for a total of 392 kg securing the gold medal in -94 kg category at 2006 World Weightlifting Championships. With his final two lifts in the clean and jerk phase he attempted to set a world record with 233 kg but was unsuccessful.

In December 2006 Ilyin won -94 kg class at 2006 Asian Games snatching 175 kg and clean and jerking 226 kg for a total of 401 kg.

After a very successful year Ilya Ilyin named 2006 IWF World Weightlifter of the Year for the second time.[2]

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.[3]

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 418kg. 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.

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

Ilya Ilyin competed in the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships held in Almaty, competing in the men's -105kg category. Ilya went on to be successful in all three snatch lifts of 183 kg, 187 kg and 190 kg earning him a bronze medal in this discipline. Ilya made two out of three lifts in the clean and jerk lifting 233 kg on his opener and on his final lift of 242 kg breaking the clean and jerk record and winning gold. This set a total of 432 kg which he won by virtue of lighter body weight.

On December 12, 2015 Ilyin competed in the Iwf Grand Prix 5th Russian Federation Presidents Cup held in Grozny. Ilyin completed two out of three lifts in the snatch going 184 kg on his opener and 191 kg on his final attempt to secure the gold medal. In the clean and jerk Ilyin made two lifts with a third lift in hand going 231 kg on his opener before making a 15 kg jump to break his own clean and jerk world record and successfully hitting 246 kg to win the gold medal. This total of 191/246 gave him the new total world record of 437 kg.

He is a member of the Astana Presidential Sports Club.[4]

In March 2016 Ilya Ilyin named IWF World Weightlifter of the Year for the 4'th time (2005, 2006, 2014 and 2015) in his career.[5]

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 (kg) Location Competition Record Date
85 kg
Snatch 170 Qatar Doha 2005 World Weightlifting Championships National Record Nowember 2005
Clean & Jerk 216 Qatar Doha 2005 World Weightlifting Championships National Record Nowember 2005
Total 386 Qatar Doha 2005 World Weightlifting Championships Junior World Record Nowember 2005
94 kg
Snatch 185 United Kingdom London 2012 Summer Olympics National Record 4 August 2012
Clean & Jerk 233 United Kingdom London 2012 Summer Olympics World Record 4 August 2012
Total 418 United Kingdom London 2012 Summer Olympics World Record 4 August 2012
105 kg
Snatch 191 Russia Grozny President's Cup Competition Best 12 December 2015
Clean & Jerk 246 Russia Grozny President's Cup World Record 12 December 2015
Total 437 Russia Grozny President's Cup World Record 12 December 2015

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
IWF GRAND PRIX
2015 Russia Grozny, Russia 105 kg 1841881911231246--14371st
World Junior Championships
2005 South Korea Busan, South Korea 85 kg 1551611682nd1972022061st3741st
2006 China Hangzhou, China 94 kg 1651711762nd2152172251st4011st

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.iwrp.net/component/cwyniki/?view=contest&id_zawody=187
  2. ↑ http://www.iwf.net/weightlifting/issues/064/Best_Lifters_of_2006.pdf
  3. ↑ Ilya Ilyin. sports-reference.com
  4. ↑ Ilyas Omarov (July 4, 2013). "Astana Presidential Sports Club Launched". The Astana Times. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
  5. ↑ http://www.iwf.net/2016/02/24/best-of-2015-hsu-shu-ching-and-ilya-ilyin/

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