Oleg Perepetchenov

Oleg Perepetchenov

Personal information
Native name	Олег Александрович Перепечёнов
Full name	Oleg Aleksandrovich Perepetchenov
Nationality	Russian
Born	(1975-09-06) September 6, 1975 Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
Country	Russia
Sport	Olympic weightlifting
Event	–77 kg
Club	CSKA Moskva
Medal record Men's Weightlifting Olympic Games Disqualified 2004 Athens -77 kg World Championships 2001 Antalya -77 kg 2002 Warsaw -77 kg European Championships Gold medal – first place 2001 Trencin -77 kg Gold medal – first place 2008 Lignano Sabbiadoro -77 kg
Updated on 12 February 2013

Oleg Perepetchenov (born September 6, 1975) is a Russian powerlifter and former weightlifter.

In the 2001 and 2002 World Weightlifting Championships, Perepetchenov won the silver medal in the Men's 77 kg weight category. Perepetchenov competed in the Men's 77 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal, lifting 365.0 kg in total. At the 2001 and 2008 at the European Weightlifting Championships he won gold in the Men's 77 kg. He was world champion in the 77 kg in clean and jerk at the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships. At the 2008 Summer Olympics he ranked 5th in the 77 kg category, with a total of 354 kg.

On February 12, 2013 the International Olympic Committee stripped Perepetchenov of his 2004 Olympic medal after both probes were retested and showed traces of anabolic steroids.

Career bests

Weightlifting

• Snatch: 175 kg in the class to 85 kg
• Clean and jerk: 210 kg in the class to 77 kg
• Total: 380 kg (175+205) 2005 World Championship in the class to 85 kg

Powerlifting

• Squat: 320 kg in the class to 98 kg
• Bench Press: 290 kg in the class to 100 kg
• Deadlift: 290 kg in the class to 98 kg
• Total: 800 kg in the class to 98 kg