Denis Aleksandrovich Ulanov (born 28 October 1993) is a Kazakh Olympic weightlifter. He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where he won the bronze medal.
Career In the Men's 85 kg Weightlifting competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil winning the bronze medal. He initially finished fourth behind Gabriel Sîncrăian of Romania, who was later on October 13, 2016, the IWF reported that bronze medalist Gabriel Sîncrăian had tested positive for excess testosterone in a test connected to the Rio Olympics.
Denis participated in the men's 85 kg class at 2016 Asian Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. He won gold - snatched 168 kg and jerked an additional 205 kg for a total of 373 kg.
Ulanov won a gold medal at the 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei, snatching 165 kg and clean and jerking 200 kg, setting 365 kg for a total.
Major results
YearVenueWeight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank123Rank123RankOlympic Games2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 85 kg 17017517542152152153390World Championships2018 Tashkent, Turkmenistan 89 kg 155160-121921922001535214Asian Championships2019 Ningbo, China 81 kg 1511561601901961963562016 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 77 kg 160165168200205205373Summer Universiade2017 New Taipei, Taiwan 85 kg 1651701702200200 2211365
Doping sanction In September 2013 Ulanov won the Asian Junior Cup in Pyongyang, after the competition he had produce positive doping test. He used Stanozolol and he was banned between 17.10.2013 - 17.10.2015.
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