Artem Udachyn

Artem Udachyn

Personal information
Born	(1980-03-26) March 26, 1980 Mariupol, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	169 kg (373 lb)
Sport
Country	Ukraine
Sport	Weightlifting
Event	+105 kg
Medal record Men's weightlifting Representing Ukraine World Championships 2006 Santo Domingo + 105 kg 2009 Goyang + 105 kg 2002 Warsaw + 105 kg 2010 Antalya +105 kg European Championships 2013 Tirana + 105 kg

Artem Serhiyovych Udachyn (Ukrainian: Артем Сергійович Удачин; born March 26, 1980) is a male weightlifter from Ukraine. He twice competed for his native country at the Summer Olympics (2000 and 2008) in the men's super heavyweight division (+ 105 kg), finishing in 11th and 4th place in the final standings. In the 2003 world weightlifting championships in Vancouver he got the silver medal in the total, but it was later taken away because of doping use.

Udachyn was registered as the joint heaviest athlete at the London 2012 Olympics (alongside Carl Myerscough), weighing 160 kg.

External links

• Artem Udachyn at the International Weightlifting Federation
• Artem Udachyn at the International Weightlifting Results Project

References

• iat.uni-leipzig.de
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Artem Udachyn". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.