Born on September 17, 1996, A. Pliesnoi is a weightlifter who competes for both Georgia and Ukraine.
He competed in the 94 kg division until 2018 and the 96 kg division beginning in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation rearranged the categories.
In 2012, Anton made his debut for the Ukrainian team at the European Youth Championship, placing fifth in the -77 kg category while lifting 275 kg. He has fought for Georgia since 2018.
Georgian Weightlifter A. Pliesnoi Claims Bronze at Tokyo Olympics
A. Pliesnoi, a weightlifter from Georgia, won the bronze medal in the Olympic Summer Games in Tokyo.
A. Pliesnoi, 24, finished the tournament with a total weight of 387 kg, which included 177 kg in the snatch category and 210 kg in the clean and jerk 96 kg category.
One of the 34 athletes competing at the Olympic Summer Games in Tokyo is A. Pliesnoi.
Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili declared that the state would award each gold medal winner a cash prize of one million GEL in an effort to further motivate the Georgian athletes.
The Tokyo Olympic Games, which were delayed last year due to the coronavirus outbreak, began in earnest on July 23.
International weightlifting champion of Georgia Lasha Talakhadze won the second gold medal for the Georgian team.
At the ongoing tournament in Tokyo on Wednesday after setting a combined world record of 488 kg. This is Talakhadze’s second gold medal in two Summer Olympic Games.
A. Pliesnoi, European Champion Won Bronze in the -96 kg Weight
At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Georgian weightlifter A. Pliesnoi, the European champion in the -96 kg weight division, won a bronze medal.
A. Pliesnoi snatched 177 kg and clean and jerked 210 kg for a combined total of 387 kg.
Fares Ibrahim Elbakh of Qatar won the gold medal by lifting 402 kilos and breaking an Olympic record. Venezuelan Keydomar Vallenilla lifted a total of 387 kilos after Elbakh.
A. Pliesnoi bronze medal brings the total number of medals won by the Georgian national team at the Tokyo Olympics to 5, with 4 of those medals going to judokas.
Conclusion
The current European champion in the -96 kg weight class, A. Pliesnoi, won a bronze medal on the eighth day of the Tokyo Olympics.
A. Pliesnoi snatched 177 kg and clean and jerked 210 kg for a combined total of 387 kg.
Fares Ibrahim Elbakh of Qatar won the gold medal by lifting 402 kilos and breaking an Olympic record. Venezuelan Keydomar Vallenilla lifted a total of 387 kilos after Elbakh.
This is Georgia’s fifth Olympic medal from Tokyo. One gold belonged to the weightlifter A. Pliesnoi.
And the other four medals were won by Georgian judokas Lasha Bekauri, Guram Tushishvili, Vazha Margvelashvili, and Lasha Shavdatuashvili.
