Ibragim Samadov
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Native name | Ибрагим Беркманович Самадов | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | USSR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Olympic weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years active | 1982-1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 82.5 kg (182 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Updated on 10 July 2019. |
Ibragim Berkmanovich Samadov (Ибрагим Беркманович Самадов, born July 18, 1968, in
Samadov was the gold medalist at the 1991 World Weightlifting Championships, representing the Soviet Union with his superior clean and jerk evening his total weight with teammate Oleksandr Blyshchyk. In 1992, Altymyrat Orazdurdyýew was the favorite, but was not selected for the Unified Team by coach and Russian national hero Vasily Alekseyev because Orazdurdiyev was from Turkmenistan, while Samadov was from Russia. Thus, Samadov was the new favorite.
The Olympic competition was the closest in history, with all three medalists tied with the same weight lifted. The first tiebreaker was the athlete's body weight and Samadov was .05 kg heavier, pushing him to the bronze medal position. The second tie breaker was based on which athlete had lifted their weight first and Samadov would have bested eventual winner, Greek Pyrros Dimas by lifting his snatch on his second lift to Dimas' third.
At the medal ceremony, Samadov refused to lean forward to accept his medal, instead taking it in his hand, before he dropped it to the podium and walked away to very loud boos.
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He was ineligible for the Weightlifting Hall of Fame, since making a medal ceremony protest was an offence to the entire Olympic Games.
References
- ^ "Olympedia — Ibragim Samadov". Retrieved 2022-12-27.
- ^ "Olympedia — Weightlifting at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's Light-Heavyweight 82.5 kilograms". Retrieved 2022-12-27.