Daniel Godelli

Daniel Godelli (born January 10, 1992 in Peqin) is an Albanian weightlifter, and Olympian[1] competing in the 69 kg and 77 kg categories until 2018 and 81 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[2]

Daniel Godelli

Personal information
Born	10 January 1992
Medal record Men's Weightlifting Representing  Albania World Championships Disqualified 2014 Almaty 77 kg World Junior Championships 2011 Penang 69 kg European Championships 2013 Tirana 69 kg 2014 Tel Aviv 77 kg 2011 Kazan 69 kg Mediterranean Games 2013 Mersin 69 kg Snatch 2013 Mersin 69 kg Clean&Jerk

He has won various medals, most notably the gold medal at the 2014 World Championship in Almaty, but his results at Almaty were later disqualified due to testing positive for doping.[3]

Career

The most notable achievement during Godelli's youth activities was winning the gold medal on the World Junior Championships in 2011.[4] In this year, also he won bronze medal at 2011 European Weightlifting Championships in Kazan.[5]

In 2013 he won a silver (big) medal in the 2013 European Weightlifting Championships in Tirana, Albania.[6] He had silver in Snatch and gold in Clean&Jerk.

In 2014 he repeated himself with a silver (big) medal, but in the 77 kg category, and lost the gold medal to Erkand Qerimaj only for a slightly heavier body weight, as he had lifted the same combined weight as Qerimaj, 349 kg.[7]

He initially won a gold medal at the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships in the 77 kg category, and in doing so became Albania's first World Champion.[8] The results were later disqualified as Godelli failed an anti-doping test for the steroid Stanozolol,[9][10] as a result he was banned from competition until December 10 2016.

Major results

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
World Championships
2010	Antalya, Turkey	69 kg	135	140	145	13	167	172	177	5	317	7
2011	Paris, France	69 kg	140	143	146	6	165	–	–	32	311	20
2013	Wrocław, Poland	69 kg	145	147	151	4	175	175	182	7	322	7
2014	Almaty, Kazakhstan	77 kg	163	167	171	–	195	198	211	–	–	DSQ
2018	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	81 kg	156	162	162	10	186	186	186	–	–	–

References

1. "Olympic Profile". Olympic.Org. 2016-06-26. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
2. PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 81 kg
3. "Weightlifting - Daniel Godelli (Albania) : season totals". The-sports.org. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
4. "Top Channel Video". Top-channel.tv. Archived from the original on 2012-03-12. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
5. "吹き出物は終わった". Archived from the original on March 22, 2014. Retrieved January 1, 2012.
6. "Godelli ngjit një shkallë në podiumin e Europianit të 2013-ës". Sportekspres. March 21, 2014. Archived from the original on March 22, 2014. Retrieved March 21, 2014.
7. Serani, Olgert (April 10, 2014). "Qerimaj kampion Europe, mund Godellin për 20 gramë. Kuqezinjtë rrëmbejnë 6 medalje". Panorama sport. Archived from the original on April 12, 2014.
8. "Albania's first gold medal in any Olympic sport at a world championships". IWF.net. 2014-11-13. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
9. "Public Disclosure". 2014-12-11.
10. "IWF Sanctions". IWF.net. Retrieved 5 March 2019.

External links

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Daniel Godelli". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-12-18.