Eduard Ziaziulin

Ziaziulin started as a junior weightlifter competing at the 2017 Junior World Weightlifting Championships and the 2017 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships, placing fourth in both competitions.^[2][3] In the following European Junior & U23 Championships, he got first overall, his first first place finish at a junior level. In the same year, he participated in his first world championships while still being a junior lifter, the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships. He finished in eighth place.^[4]

At his first European Championships the 2019 European Weightlifting Championships he got fourth,^[5] his best rank so far at the senior level. He competed at his second world championships, the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships. He finished fourth.^[6] He then participated at the 2019 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships now competing as an U23 lifter, he got a second place overall finish.^[7]

At the 2021 European Weightlifting Championships, he once again finished with a fourth place position.^[8] In the U23 level, he participated in the 2021 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships, finishing second, once again being defeated by Varazdat Lalayan of Armenia.^[9] He then participated at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships, finishing with a bronze medal in the snatch, his first minor medal at the senior level, finishing fourth overall.^[10]

He is currently suspended by the International Weightlifting Federation as the International Weightlifting Committee decided to suspend lifters from Russia and Belarus for their countries' invasion of Ukraine.^[11]