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Ilya Ilyin

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Ilya Aleksandrovich Ilyin (Russian: Илья Александрович Ильин; born 24 May 1988) is a retired Kazakhstani weightlifter who won four world championships and was regarded as one of the greatest weightlifters of all time, until banned for doping abuse in both 2008 and 2012 Olympics. On 12 December 2015 at the President's Cup in Grozny, Russia, Ilyin set two world records in the −105 kg class. He lifted 246 kg in the clean and jerk and 437 kg in the total. Ilyin was named IWF World Weightlifter of the Year four times: in 2005, 2006, 2014, and 2015. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ilya Ilyin is the 3,721st most popular athlete (down from 3,044th in 2019), the 127th most popular biography from Kazakhstan (down from 119th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Kazakhstani Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ilya Ilyin ranks 3,721 out of 6,025. Before him are Michael Kolganov, An Baul, Kyriakos Ioannou, Tim Lobinger, Lukas Hofer, and Zhang Wenxiu. After him are Ralf Bartels, Janina Karolchyk-Pravalinskaya, Vsevolods Zeļonijs, Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova, Jamie Dwyer, and Mohamed Suleiman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1988, Ilya Ilyin ranks 538. Before him are Kenta Maeda, Luiza Gega, Maksim Mikhaylov, Juraj Sagan, Jonathan Tehau, and Simon Schempp. After him are Kritika Kamra, Ezgi Eyüboğlu, Nathan Burns, Ivan Fedorov, Lily Donaldson, and Patrícia Mamona.

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In Kazakhstan

Among people born in Kazakhstan, Ilya Ilyin ranks 127 out of 193. Before him are Eduard Hämäläinen (1969), Yeldos Smetov (1992), Aliya Nazarbayeva (1980), Lyudmila Prokasheva (1969), Ruslan Baltiev (1978), and Bakhtiyar Artayev (1983). After him are Samat Smakov (1978), Ömürbek Babanov (1970), Evgeny Yarovenko (1963), Hidayet Heydarov (1997), Alexander Parygin (1973), and Bakhyt Sarsekbayev (1981).

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Among ATHLETES In Kazakhstan

Among athletes born in Kazakhstan, Ilya Ilyin ranks 16. Before him are Yermakhan Ibraimov (1972), Tatyana Lesovaya (1956), Leticia (null), Vitaliy Savin (1966), Eduard Hämäläinen (1969), and Bakhtiyar Artayev (1983). After him are Hidayet Heydarov (1997), Alexander Parygin (1973), Zulfiya Chinshanlo (1993), Lee Dong-jun (null), Galib Jafarov (1978), and Demeu Zhadrayev (1989).

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