Arli Chontey

Kazakhstani weightlifter (born 1992)

Arli Chontey
Arli Chotney at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games
Personal information
Native nameАрли Чонтей
NationalityKazakhstani
Born (1992-07-01) 1 July 1992 (age 31)
Kyrgyzstan[1]
Alma materKazakh Academy of Sport and Tourism[2]
Height1.50 m (4 ft 11 in)
Weight54.81 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Country Kazakhstan
SportOlympic Weightlifting
Event–55 kg
Coached byNurlan Aitmurzayev
Medal record
Representing  Kazakhstan
Men's weightlifting
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Tashkent 55 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Ashgabat 55 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tashkent 55 kg
Silver medal – second place 2022 Manama 55 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Ningbo 55 kg
Disqualified 2023 Jinju 55 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
Gold medal – first place 2021 Konya 55 kg
Summer Universiade
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Taipei 56 kg

Arli Chontey (born 1 July 1992) is a Kazakhstani male weightlifter who competes in the -55 kg division. He won the gold medal in the men's 55 kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[3]

Chontey was born in Kyrgyzstan and moved to China at a young age. Not given a chance to get into China's national weightlifting team, he moved back to Kyrgyzstan in 2008. In 2011, Chontey began training with the Kazakh national team in 2011. In 2012, he became a citizen of Kazakhstan.[1]

Competition

He finished sixth overall at the 2013 and 2014 World Championships, and placed second in the snatch in 2015, but failed all attempts in the clean and jerk.[4] He qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[5]

He won the silver medal in the men's 55 kg event at the 2022 Asian Weightlifting Championships held in Manama, Bahrain.[6]

He won the silver medal in the men's 55 kg Snatch event at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.[7][8]

Major results

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Representing  Kazakhstan
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 56 kg 125 130 132 5 148 153 154 6 278 4
World Championships
2013 Wrocław, Poland 56 kg 117 123 123 7 135 140 145 7 257 6
2014 Almaty, Kazakhstan 56 kg 122 126 129 4 145 150 150 11 274 6
2015 Houston, United States 56 kg 127 131 132 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 150 150 150 — — —
2018 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 55 kg 115 118 120 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 135 138 138 5 258 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2019 Pattaya, Thailand 55 kg 115 118 120 5 138 143 145 6 263 5
2021 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 55 kg 113 116 118 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 137 140 142 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 260 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2022 Bogotá, Colombia 55 kg 115 118 118 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 140 141 144 6 259 4
Asian Games
2014 Incheon, South Korea 56 kg 122 127 127 8 145 150 150 8 267 7
Asian Championships
2013 Astana, Kazakhstan 56 kg 110 110 115 6 135 135 135 — — —
2019 Ningbo, China 55 kg 107 111 113 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 128 128 133 4 246 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2020 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 55 kg 110 113 115 1st place, gold medalist(s) 136 140 142 1st place, gold medalist(s) 255 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2022 Manama, Bahrain 55 kg 113 116 118 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 137 140 144 1st place, gold medalist(s) 260 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2023
Summer Universiade
2013 Kazan, Russia 56 kg 107 112 115 1 130 135 135 8 245 4
2017 Taipei, Taiwan 56 kg 115 120 120 3 135 140 143 3 258 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

References

  1. ^ a b "Arli Chontei". iwf.net. International Weightlifting Federation. p. 1. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  2. ^ Arli Chontey. universiade2013.sportresult.com
  3. ^ Oliver, Brian (7 December 2021). ""Lost in space" Bulgarians start recovery mission with weightlifting World Championships medal". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  4. ^ Arli Chontey. the-sports.org
  5. ^ Arli Chontey Archived 6 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
  6. ^ "2022 Asian Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). IWF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 October 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  7. ^ Oliver, Brian (6 December 2022). "Gold for China and Chanu recovery lights up weightlifting World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  8. ^ "2022 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). IWF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2022.

External links

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  • 55 kg (2018–)