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In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Ivanovich and the family name is Chemerkin.

Andrei Chemerkin

Personal information
Full name	Andrey Ivanovich Chemerkin
Born	(1972-02-17)17 February 1972 Solnechnodolsk, Stavropol Krai, Russian SFSR, USSR
Died	12 September 2025(2025-09-12) (aged 53)
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	168 kg (370 lb) (2002)
Medal record Men's weightlifting Representing Russia Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta +108 kg 2000 Sydney +105 kg World Weightlifting Championships 1995 Guangzhou +108 kg 1997 Chiang Mai +108 kg 1998 Lahti +105 kg 1999 Athens +105 kg 1994 Istanbul +108 kg 1993 Melbourne +108 kg 2001 Antalya +105 kg European Weightlifting Championships 1994 Sokolov +108 kg 1995 Warszawa +108 kg 1993 Sofia +108 kg 1998 Riesa +105 kg

Andrey Ivanovich Chemerkin (Russian: Андрей Иванович Чемеркин, 17 February 1972 – 12 September 2025) was a Russian weightlifter. Chemerkin was a gold medallist at the 1996 Summer Olympics, and a bronze medalist at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Weightlifting achievements

• Olympic Games gold medallist (1996).
• 4 time World Weightlifting Championships gold medallist (1995, 1997, 1998, 1999).
• 2 time European Weightlifting Championships gold medallist (1994, 1995).
• Set 7 world records during his career
• 1991 - 1992 junior world weightlifting champion and a Russian championship winner known as the three warriors tournament

Chemerkin was the winner of the World Weightlifting Championships for university year 2000 but not a Senior Championship, and he attempted the all time heaviest clean and jerk 272.5 kg (601 lb) in the 2000 Olympics which he needed to win. In addition, he was a winner of several Russian Championships. At the time he won the Olympic Games in 1996 he snatched 197.5 kg (436 lb), followed by a clean and jerk of 260 kg (573 lb) to total 457.5 kg (1010 lb).

Career bests

• Snatch – 202.5 kg (446 lb) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
• Clean and jerk – 262.5 kg (579 lb) (former world record in 1997)
• Total – 462.5 kg (1021 lb) (200+262.5) 1997 World Weightlifting Championships

Death

Chemerkin died on 12 September 2025, at the age of 53.

External links

• Andrei Chemerkin at IMDb
• Andrei Chemerkin at IWF
• Andrei Chemerkin at IWRP
• Andrei Chemerkin at Olympics.com
• Andrei Chemerkin at Olympedia