Darius Jokarzadeh

Darius Jokarzadeh (born 25 June 1993) is a Welsh male weightlifter, competing in the +105 kg category.

Darius Jokarzadeh

Personal information
Full name	Darius Asadullah Jokarzadeh
Nationality	United Kingdom ( Wales)
Born	25 June 1993
Weight	127.17 kg (280.4 lb)
Sport
Country	Great Britain  Wales
Sport	Weightlifting
Weight class	+105 kg
Team	National team
Medal record Representing  Wales Men's weightlifting Commonwealth Championships 2011 Cape Town +105 kg
Updated on 13 December 2017.

Jokarzadeh was born in Cardiff to an Iranian father. He attended Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf, a secondary school that teaches through the medium of Welsh. He was a sport rower before taking up weightlifting.[1]

As a junior he set an overall British records in Olympic weightlifting in the clean & jerk, lifting 215 kg at the World Junior Championships in Lima, Peru on 10 May 2013. He represented Wales at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the +105 kg event.[2]

Major competitions

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
Representing  Great Britain
European Championships
2016	Førde, Norway	+105 kg	162	162	168	14	190	195	202	18	357	15
2013	Tirana, Albania	+105 kg	165	173	178	9	190	197	202	9	375	9
2012	Antalya, Turkey	+105 kg	155	155	155	16	180	185	185	15	340	15
Representing  Wales
Commonwealth Games
2014	Glasgow, Scotland	+105 kg	165	175	175	4	196	212	212	4	361	4
Commonwealth Championships
2011	Cape Town, South Africa	+105 kg	125	131	135		155	161	165		286

References

1. "Weighlifting: Darius Jokarzadeh confident he can realise Olympic dream". Wales Online. 2 May 2012.
2. "Weightlifting at the 2014 Commonwealth Games - Darius Jokarzadeh". iwf.net. Retrieved 23 June 2016.