Aleksey Vladimirovich Lovchev (; born 13 June 1989) is a Russian weightlifter.
Career He competed at the 2013 World Championships in the Men's +105 kg, winning the bronze medal and the European Championships 2014, winning the gold medal in the Snatch, Clean and Jerk and total.
In the 2015 World Championships he competed in the +105kg category, winning gold medals in the Snatch, Clean and Jerk, and Total, with a 211 kg Snatch and 264 kg world record Clean and Jerk for a world record 475 kg total. However, Lovchev failed a doping test and was stripped of the World Championship gold medal and world records.
In May 2016, Lovchev was banned for four years after failing A and B-samples: he tested positive for ipamorelin, a hormone growth drug. He contested this decision at Court of Arbitration for Sport,Weightlifting world champion Aleksey Lovchev slapped with four-year doping banWeight-lifter Lovchev gets four-year ban over doping abuse but his appeal was dismissed.
Major results YearVenueWeightSnatch (kg)Clean & Jerk (kg)TotalRank123Rank123RankWorld Championships2013 Wrocław, Poland +105 kg 191196200230240--54302014 Almaty, Kazakhstan +105 kg 205205205--245250257----2015 Houston, United States +105 kg 200206211--242248264--475DQ2021 Tashkent, Uzbekistan +109 kg 190196201523123723874325European Championships2014 Tel Aviv, Israel +105 kg 192197205235245252457Summer Universiade2011 Shenzhen, China 105 kg 17017617632002052133375
See also Hossein Rezazadeh
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