IAKOVIDIS Theodoros

Date of Birth: 12 Feb 1991

Age: 30

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.81

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Weightlifting	Men's 96kg	11

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo International Forum	Men's 96kg Group B	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	85kg - Total
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	11th (350)

World Championships

Year	Location	85kg - Total	85kg - Snatch	85kg - C&J	96kg - Total	96kg - Snatch	96kg - C&J
2018	Ashgabat, TKM	-	-	-	25th (341)	27th (153)	25th (188)
2014	Almaty, KAZ	17th (347)	19th (155)	17th (192)	-	-	-

European Championships - Part one

Year	Location	94kg - Total	94kg - Snatch	94kg - C&J	89kg - Total	89kg - Snatch	89kg - C&J	96kg - Total	96kg - Snatch	96kg - C&J
2021	Moscow, RUS	-	-	-	8th (347)	7th (156)	8th (191)	-	-	-
2019	Batumi, GEO	-	-	-	-	-	-	6th (360)	7th (163)	10th (197)
2018	Bucharest, ROU	8th (338)	8th (151)	8th (187)	-	-	-	-	-	-

Legend
C&J - Clean & Jerk, (---) - no valid result, DSQ - Disqualified

Occupation:

Physical Education - Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Languages spoken:

Panathinaikos Weightlifting Club [Greece]

Konstantinos Salpigidis [club]

He suffered from a recurring knee injury in 2018. (paron.gr, 23 Nov 2018)

He suffered an injury in 2011 that sidelined him for 18 months. (sportsland.gr, 06 Nov 2014)

He was inspired to start training after watching the 1998 World Championships in Lahti, Finland. (sportsland.gr, 06 Nov 2014)

As a child, his friends played football or basketball but he loved weightlifting. When he told his parents that he wanted to try the sport, they were not enthusiastic about the idea. So he began going to the gym without their knowledge. Eventually, his parents realised the passion he had for weightlifting and supported him. (sportsland.gr, 06 Nov 2014)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (weightlifting.gr, 06 Apr 2021)

Philosophy:

"I believe that training is the most important characteristic that an athlete must have in order to go forward, and I think that I have it to an excessive degree. I have not been a very talented weightlifter, nor a strong one, but I make up for all my shortcomings with will, as well as hard and smart training." (weightlifting.gr, 29 Jan 2021)

General Interest

General
RETIREMENT PLANS
He intends to retire from weightlifting after the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. "Going to the Olympics for the second time is something unique. There are no words to describe it, and I do not hide that I want to end my career there. I have promised myself that I will fight with all my strength and all my craziness to achieve this goal. Competing in Tokyo would be the perfect finale to my championship journey." (weightlifting.gr, 29 Jan 2021; novasports.gr, 16 Apr 2019)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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