Kyrgyzstani weightlifter

Mital Baltabayevich Sharipov (Russian: Митал Балтабаевич Шарипов; born 13 April 1972 in Frunze) is a retired Kyrgyzstani weightlifter. Sharipov represented Kyrgyzstan at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he competed in the men's light heavyweight cl*. He successfully lifted 155:kg in the single-motion snatch, and hoisted 190:kg in the two-part, shoulder-to-overhead clean and jerk to deliver a sixteenth-place finish in a field of twenty weightlifters with a total of 345:kg. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Sharipov was appointed as the Kyrgyzstani flag bearer in the opening ceremony, but has been immediately excluded by the International Olympic Committee for violations on anti-doping rules.

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