Anastasios Triantafyllou

Anastasios Triantafyllou
Personal information
Nationality  Greece
Born (1987-05-30) 30 May 1987
Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 94 kg (207 lb)
Sport
Sport Weightlifting
Event(s) 94 kg

Anastasios Triantafyllou (Greek: Αναστάσιος Τριανταφύλλου; born May 30, 1987 in Heraklion, Crete) is a Greek weightlifter.[1] Triantafyllou represented Greece at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's middle-heavyweight category (94 kg), along with his compatriot Konstantinos Gkaripis. He successfully lifted 155 kg in the single-motion snatch, and hoisted 196 kg in a two-part, shoulder-to-overhead clean and jerk, for a total of 351 kg, finishing behind his compatriot Gkaripis by nine kilograms in fifteenth place.[2]

In 2009 Triantafyllou was suspended for 2 years after he failed a drug test for methylhexanamine doping.[3]

References

  1. "Anastasios Triantafyllou". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
  2. "Men's 94kg (207 lbs)". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
  3. Sanctioned athletes iwf.net 2009 Archived March 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.

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