Nikolaos Kourtidis

Nikolaos Kourtidis
Personal information
Nationality Greece
Born (1986-04-01) 1 April 1986 (age 33)
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight105 kg (231 lb)
Sport
SportWeightlifting
Event(s)105 kg
ClubIrakilis Kavalas

Nikolaos Kourtidis (Greek: Νικόλαος Κουρτίδης; born April 1, 1986) is a Greek weightlifter of Georgian origin.[1] At age eighteen, Kourtidis made his official debut for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, representing the host nation Greece. He successfully lifted 377.5 kg in the men's middle-heavyweight category (94 kg), finishing in eleventh place.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Kourtidis competed this time for the men's heavyweight category (105 kg). He placed ninth in this event, as he successfully lifted 176 kg in the single-motion snatch, and hoisted 221 kg in a two-part, shoulder-to-overhead clean and jerk, for a total of 397 kg.[2]

In 2009 Kourtidis failed a doping test.[3]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Nikolaos Kourtidis". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
  2. ^ "Men's 105kg (231 lbs)". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
  3. ^ Two Greek weightlifters fail doping tests, federation says Archived 2014-05-13 at the Wayback Machine.

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