Briken Calja
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| Born | 19 February 1990 Elbasan, Albania | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Allegiance |  Albania | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Branch | Albanian Armed Forces | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Service years | 2022–[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank |  Colonel | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Albania | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 69 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Briken Calja (born 19 February 1990, Elbasan) is an Albanian weightlifter,[2] Olympian, and European Champion competing in the 69 kg category until 2018 and 73 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[3] He won the silver medal in the men's 73 kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[4]
Calja competed for Albania at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where he finished 9th in his weight class after lifting a total weight of 320 kg.[5] In 2013 Calja was suspended for two years for using androsterone.[6]
He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in 69kg division where he finished in 5th place after lifting 326 kg.[7] In 2018 Calja became European champion in the 2018 European Weightlifting Championships in Bucharest.[8]
