Ritvars Suharevs
Latvian weightlifter (born 1999)
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Ritvars Suharevs (born 11 January 1999) is a Latvian weightlifter, and Junior World Champion competing in the 77 kg category until 2018 and 81 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[2]
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| Nationality | Latvia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 January 1999 Dobele, Latvia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 80.90 kg (178.4 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Latvia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | –81 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Eduards Andruškevičs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Career
Suharevs' first major result came at the 2013 European Youth Championships held in Klaipėda, Lithuania where he won three golds; coming first in the overall classification along with the individual snatch and clean & jerk.[3] The following year, in 2014, Suharevs won gold again at the European Youth Championships hosted in Ciechanów, this time in the −62 kg with a total lift of 256 kg.[4] At the 2016 European Junior Championships, Ritvars came second in the −77kg class, finishing only a kilogram behind gold medalist Davit Hovhannisyan.[5]
In August 2024, Suharevs competed in the men's 73 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France. He failed two attempts to lift 147 kg in the Snatch and finished the competition with no result. During the Olympics he suffered a shoulder injury.[6]
Major results
| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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| Summer Olympics | ||||||||||||
| 2021 | Tokyo, Japan | 81 kg | 158 | 163 | N/a | 190 | 195 | N/a | 358 | 6 | ||
| 2024 | Paris, France | 73 kg | — | N/a | — | — | — | N/a | DNF | — | ||
| World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2018 | Ashgabat, Turkmenistan | 81 kg | 153 | 159 | 6 | 185 | 15 | 344 | 11 | |||
| 2019 | Pattaya, Thailand | 81 kg | 154 | 16 | 188 | 192 | 11 | 346 | 12 | |||
| 2022 | Bogotá, Colombia | 73 kg | 143 | 16 | 172 | 176 | 15 | 319 | 14 | |||
| 2023 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 73 kg | 150 | 154 |  | — | — | — | ||||
| IWF World Cup | ||||||||||||
| 2024 | Phuket, Thailand | 73 kg | 151 | 154 | 157 | 5 | 178 | 184 | 9 | 341 | 6 | |
| European Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2016 | Førde, Norway | 77 kg | 143 | 147 | 150 | 8 | 167 | 171 | 16 | 321 | 12 | |
| 2017 | Split, Croatia | 77 kg | 145 | 150 | 8 | 175 | 180 | 185 | 8 | 335 | 8 | |
| 2018 | Bucharest, Romania | 77 kg | 150 | 156 | | 176 | 181 | 5 | 337 | 4 | ||
| 2019 | Batumi, Georgia | 81 kg | 155 | 160 | 162 |  | 183 | 187 | 192 | 5 | 354 | |
| Junior World Weightlifting Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2017 | Tokyo, Japan | 77 kg | 147 | 151 | 154 | | 175 | 180 | 6 | 334 | 4 | |
| 2018 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 77 kg | 148 | 152 | 156 | | 175 | 180 | | 336 | | |
