Khadzhimurat Magomedovich Akkaev (, ; born March 27, 1985, in Tyrnyauz, Kabardino-Balkaria, USSR) is a Russian weightlifter.
Career Akkaev competed in the men's 94 kg category at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he won a silver medal. He is 178 cm/5 ft 10 tall and weighs 105 kg/231 lb.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, he originally was awarded the bronze medal in the 94 kg category, with a total of 402 kg. In 2016, he was stripped of the medal after his sample tested positive for steroids."Doping: 2008 Beijing Olympics medal winners among 16 athletes banned for doping". bbc.com. 17 November 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
Akkaev has moved up into −105 kg weight category as a replacement for Dmitry Lapikov and Dmitry Klokov. He won the 2011 European Weightlifting Championships in Kazan, with a total of 425 kg.
He became the 2011 World Champion in Paris, beating his compatriot Dmitry Klokov by 2 kg with a total of 430 kg.
Akkaev was scheduled to compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 105 kg class but was forced to withdraw due to a back injury. On January 13, 2012, Akkaev was found to have failed a doping test prior to 2012 Olympic Games. He was provisionally suspended in January 2017, and finally in January 2019 he was disqualified for eight years, starting from 2 August 2016 until 1 August 2024.
Major results Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank 1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 RankOlympic Games2004 Athens, Greece 94 kg 180.0 185.0 187.5 2 215.0 220.0 220.0 4 405.0 2008 Beijing, China 94 kg 178 182 185 — 212 215 217 — — DSQWorld Championships 2011 Paris, France 105 kg 190 195 198 222 228 232 430 European Championships 2010 Minsk, Belarus 94 kg 180 180 180 — — — — — — — 2011 Kazan, Russia 105 kg 185 190 195 220 225 230 425
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