Mart Seim

Mart Seim
Personal information
Nationality Estonian
Born (1990-10-24) 24 October 1990
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 149 kg (328 lb)
Sport
Country  Estonia
Sport Weightlifting
Event(s) +105 kg
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • Snatch: 190 kg (2015)
  • Clean & jerk: 248 kg (2015)
  • Total: 438 kg (2015)

Mart Seim (born 24 October 1990) is an Estonian weightlifter competing in the +105 kg category.

Seim competed for Estonia at the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships finishing 4th with a total of 431 kg.[1] At the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships he finished third at the men's +105 kg.[2] After Aleksey Lovchev failed doping tests, Seim was promoted to second place (Silver), and Georgian Lasha Talakhadze to Gold.[3]

Seim's father and grandfather were also weightlifters.

Major results

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2016 Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil +105 kg 1871871911224325025534307
World Championships
2014 Kazakhstan Almaty, Kazakhstan +105 kg 1801851881123424324644314
2015 United States Houston, United States +105 kg 185185190122412482481st, gold medalist(s)4382nd, silver medalist(s)
European Championships
2012 Turkey Antalya, Turkey +105 kg 147152152172002062091035812
2013 Albania Tirana, Albania +105 kg 1651701701122022022153868
2014 Israel Tel Aviv, Israel +105 kg 17518218592262262363rd, bronze medalist(s)4186
2016 Norway Førde, Norway +105 kg 18518519162352392502nd, silver medalist(s)4243rd, bronze medalist(s)
Summer Universiade
2011 China Shenzhen, China +105 kg 144150153121901972001334013

References

  1. "SEIM MART". International Weightlifting Federation.
  2. "SEIM MART". International Weightlifting Federation.
  3. Beltadze, Georgi (2015-12-24). "Kuna võitja põrus dopingukontrollis, kerkis Mart Seim MM-hõbedale" [Because the winner failed in doping tests, Mart Seim acceded to World Championships Silver] (in Estonian). Postimees. Retrieved 2015-12-25.
Awards
Preceded by
Rasmus Mägi
Estonian Sportsman of the Year
2015
Succeeded by
Incumbent
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