Achievements
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a silver medal at clean and jerk World Championships, Warsaw 2002
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gold medals at snatch (120 kilogram world record weight), clean and jerk (150 kilogram world record), and combined (270 kilogram world record) World Championships, Vancouver 2003
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gold medal Olympic Games, Athens 2004
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breaking world record at snatch (122.5 kilograms), clean and jerk (152.2 kilograms), and combined (275 kilograms)
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setting 24 world records (12 junior, 12 senior )