Daniel Godelli (born January 10, 1992, in Peqin) is an Albanian weightlifter, and Olympian[1] competing in the 69 kg and 77 kg categories until 2018 and 81 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[2]
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Medal record
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He has won various medals, most notably the gold medal at the 2014 World Championship in Almaty, but his results at Almaty were later disqualified due to testing positive for doping.[3]
Career edit
The most notable achievement during Godelli's youth activities was winning the gold medal on the World Junior Championships in 2011.[4] In this year, also he won bronze medal at 2011 European Weightlifting Championships in Kazan.[5]
In 2013 he won a silver (big) medal in the 2013 European Weightlifting Championships in Tirana, Albania.[6] He had silver in Snatch and gold in Clean&Jerk.
In 2014 he repeated himself with a silver (big) medal, but in the 77 kg category, and lost the gold medal to Erkand Qerimaj only for a slightly heavier body weight, as he had lifted the same combined weight as Qerimaj, 349 kg.[7]
He initially won a gold medal at the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships in the 77 kg category, and in doing so became Albania's first World Champion.[8] The results were later disqualified as Godelli failed an anti-doping test for the steroid Stanozolol,[9][10] as a result he was banned from competition until December 10 2016.
Major results edit
| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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| 2010 |  Antalya, Turkey |
69 kg | 135 | 140 | 13 | 167 | 172 | 177 | 5 | 317 | 7 | |
| 2011 |  Paris, France |
69 kg | 140 | 143 | 146 | 6 | 165 | – | – | 32 | 311 | 20 |
| 2013 |  Wrocław, Poland |
69 kg | 147 | 4 | 175 | 7 | 322 | 7 | ||||
| 2014 |  Almaty, Kazakhstan |
77 kg | 163 | 167 | 171 | – | 195 | 198 | – | – | DSQ | |
| 2018 |  Ashgabat, Turkmenistan |
81 kg | 156 | 10 | – | – | – | |||||
References edit
- ^ "Olympic Profile". Olympic.Org. 2016-06-26. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- ^ PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 81 kg
- ^ "Weightlifting - Daniel Godelli (Albania) : season totals". The-sports.org. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
- ^ "Top Channel Video". Top-channel.tv. Archived from the original on 2012-03-12. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
- ^ "吹き出物は終わった". Archived from the original on March 22, 2014. Retrieved January 1, 2012.
- ^ "Godelli ngjit një shkallë në podiumin e Europianit të 2013-ës". Sportekspres. March 21, 2014. Archived from the original on March 22, 2014. Retrieved March 21, 2014.
- ^ Serani, Olgert (April 10, 2014). "Qerimaj kampion Europe, mund Godellin për 20 gramë. Kuqezinjtë rrëmbejnë 6 medalje". Panorama sport. Archived from the original on April 12, 2014.
- ^ "Albania's first gold medal in any Olympic sport at a world championships". IWF.net. 2014-11-13. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- ^ "Public Disclosure". 2014-12-11.
- ^ "IWF Sanctions". IWF.net. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
External links edit
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Daniel Godelli". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-12-18.
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