The Greatest Weightlifter of All Times

Lasha Talakhadze is a Georgian weightlifter, Olympic Champion, four time World Champion, and five time
European Champion competing in the super-heavyweight category (105 kg + until 2018 and 109 kg + starting in
2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories). He is a three time winner
of the IWF Male Lifter of the Year and the current world record holder in both the snatch (222 kg) and the
clean and jerk (264 kg). Because of his consistent tournament success and breaking of numerous world records,
he is considered to be one of the greatest super-heavyweight weightlifters of all time.