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Home » Aleksey Lovchev » Aleksey Lovchev 205kg Snatch + 252kg C&J 2014 European Champion

Aleksey Lovchev 205kg Snatch + 252kg C&J 2014 European Champion

April 12, 2014 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in Israel (at the 2014 European Weightlifting Championships) …

Aleksey Lovchev is the new +105kg European Champion!

Update: Read Aleksey’s interview on ATG.

Weighing in at 134.12kg the 24 year old got a 205kg Snatch + 252kg Clean & Jerk winning Snatch, C&J and Total (457kg!).

Note that the biggest training lifts (that are on video) are 205 (210 from blocks) + 250 255.

  • +105kg Results here
  • Hookgrip has a sequence of his Snatch and of the Clean & Jerk
  • Recordings of the whole session here

Update: Slowest Motion video from Hookgrip

205kg Snatch Video thanks to Yair.

252kg C&J Video (available as gif)

More from Alexey: Check out his 210kg Snatch from Blocks and 205kg Snatch in training.

Update: Slow Motion video from Hookgrip

Post by hookgrip.

Filed Under: Aleksey Lovchev, clean and jerk, snatch, videos, weightlifting

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Comments

  1. Wally Broccoli says

    April 12, 2014 at 19:43

    Superb lifting. The armenian was strong as heck in C and j

    • Gregor says

      April 12, 2014 at 19:52

      Definitely, he pushed Alexey

      246: https://mediacru.sh/lU-xGHBO4wLG

      251 attempt: https://mediacru.sh/TkJByCrOtkKS

      • Wally Broccoli says

        April 12, 2014 at 20:48

        For the 246, I was surprised he got that off with 1 second to go. He reminded me a little of Rezazadeh. I watched it live and boy, did both Ruben and Alexey made a wonderful show.

  2. guest says

    April 12, 2014 at 23:00

    These weights and 6/6 at usually reserved Europeans, incredible. Given his height (~195cm?) I can see him gaining another 15-20kg and closing in on a 260 c&j within two to three years.

    Also, we now have four guys with basically 460 totals. Could you imagine Albegov vs. Lovchev vs. Salimi vs. Moulaei in 2016? One can dream.

    • Juan says

      April 13, 2014 at 01:22

      Is he 1.95m? He does look huge compared to the bar. All of that stuff about lifting weights as a kid stunts your growth does not really apply here, eh? (what was the name of that other +105 lifter that was over 2 metres tall?)

      • Gregor says

        April 13, 2014 at 01:24

        Mmh over 2m you say?

        Only Velichko Cholakov comes to mind, but he clocks in at 198cm. Maybe somebody knows a taller lifter?

        • Juan says

          April 13, 2014 at 12:56

          Yep, him! Dammit, I was thinking he was 1.98, but then I remembered he looked huge and started to wonder whether he was 2.02 instead. Anyways, thanks for the clarification. I had never seen such a tall man move so much!

      • guest says

        April 13, 2014 at 21:54

        For Lovchev I have no idea really, just a rough estimate based on a comparison to Albegov. He looks taller, but maybe that’s just his limb proportions. Someone with an Instagram account could ask him?

        Cholakov on the other hand is not just 198cm, although that height was given in 2012. Earlier sites list him as 205cm / 6ft9in.
        If you take the bar and discs as reference you can see him being taller than Salimi who is 198cm.

        http://london2012.bio.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?pageid=8937&personid=484512&sportid=206&ContainerSportID=-1&Cache=8
        http://www.ironmind.com/ironmind/opencms/Articles/2006/Jan/Cholakov_and_Botev_Are_Coming_to_the_Arnold.html

        Another 2m+ lifter is British junior Darius Jokarzadeh.

        • Juan says

          April 14, 2014 at 13:25

          Great detailed answer, thanks a bunch! By the way, couldn’t help but notice that he is being trained by Zlatan Vanev (or at least pre London 2012)…amazing! And also thanksfor the Darius info. I knew he was way taller than any other lifters in the UK, but didn’t know he was over 2m tall

  3. grobpote says

    April 13, 2014 at 11:23

    Wonderful to see Ruben back!He got back as a mature but still young and great lifter. He has a bright future ahead.
    Lovchev was also excellent. He’s gonna be with the big guys very soon.

  4. Everett says

    April 23, 2014 at 17:11

    To be captain obvious: more than Salimi totaled in London!

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