Almir Velagić

Almir Velagić (born 22 August 1981) is a Bosnian German weightlifter competing in the +105 kg category.

Almir Velagić

Personal information
Born	22 August 1981 Livno, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	140 kg (309 lb)
Sport
Country	Germany
Sport	Weightlifting
Event(s)	+105 kg
Medal record Men's weightlifting Representing  Germany European Championships 2009 Bucharest +105 kg 2014 Tel Aviv +105 kg 2015 Tbilisi +105 kg
Updated on 26 July 2012.

Velagić became German citizen in 2000.[1]

He competed for Germany in Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics finishing 8th with a total of 413 kg.[2]

At the 2009 European Championships he won bronze medals in snatch and clean and jerk, and overall silver in the +105 kg category, with a total of 418 kg.[3]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he again finished in 8th.[4]

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he finished 9th in the super-heavyweight weight class.[5][6]

References

1. "Porträt Almir Velagic" (in German). ARD. Retrieved 12 April 2009.
2. "VELAGIC Almir". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2009.
3. "Gewichtheben: 6 EM-Medaillen für deutsches Team". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). 13 April 2009. Retrieved 13 April 2009.
4. http://www.olympic.org/olympic-results/london-2012/weightlifting/-105kg-m?event=31732
5. "Almir VELAGIC". Olympic Channel. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
6. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Almir Velagic". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.

External links

• Almir Velagic at the International Olympic Committee
• Almir Velagic at the Olympic Channel
• Almir Velagic at Olympedia
• Almir Velagic at the Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund (in German)
• Almir Velagic at Beijing2008.cn at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-09-09)