Daniel Godelli
{{Short description|Albanian weightlifter (born 1992)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1992|01|10|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Peqin, Albania
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Men's Weightlifting}}
{{MedalCountry | {{ALB}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{Medal|Disqualified | 2014 Almaty | 77 kg}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Junior Championships}}
{{MedalGold | 2011 Penang | 69 kg}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}
{{MedalSilver | 2013 Tirana | 69 kg}}
{{MedalSilver | 2014 Tel Aviv | 77 kg}}
{{MedalBronze | 2011 Kazan | 69 kg}}
{{MedalCompetition|Mediterranean Games}}
{{MedalGold| 2013 Mersin | 69 kg Snatch}}
{{MedalGold| 2013 Mersin | 69 kg Clean&Jerk}}
}}
Daniel Godelli (born 10 January 1992, in Peqin) is an Albanian weightlifter, and Olympian{{cite web |url=https://www.olympic.org/daniel-godelli |title=Olympic Profile |work=Olympic.org |accessdate=5 March 2019 |date=26 June 2016 |archive-date=6 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306043220/https://www.olympic.org/daniel-godelli |url-status=dead }}{{cite Sports-Reference|df=dmy-all}} 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.[http://ashgabat2018.com/img/startlistv2/M81A.pdf PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 81 kg]
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.{{cite web |url=http://www.the-sports.org/weightlifting-godelli-daniel-results-identity-s22-c2-b4-o95-w79491.html |title=Weightlifting - Daniel Godelli (Albania) : season totals |publisher=The-sports.org |date= |accessdate=5 August 2012}}
Career
The most notable achievement during Godelli's youth activities was winning the gold medal on the World Junior Championships in 2011.{{cite web |url=http://www.top-channel.tv/video.php?id=26980 |title=Top Channel Video |publisher=Top-channel.tv |accessdate=5 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312012930/http://www.top-channel.tv/video.php?id=26980 |archivedate=12 March 2012}} In this year, also he won bronze medal at 2011 European Weightlifting Championships in Kazan.{{cite web |url=http://www.kazan2011ewc.com/news/22.html |accessdate=1 January 2012 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140322030539/http://www.kazan2011ewc.com/news/22.html |archivedate=22 March 2014 |title=吹き出物は終わった}}
In 2013, he won a silver (big) medal in the 2013 European Weightlifting Championships in Tirana, Albania.{{cite web |url=http://sportekspres.com/?p=47024 |title=Godelli ngjit një shkallë në podiumin e Europianit të 2013-ës |publisher=Sportekspres |date=21 March 2014 |accessdate=21 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140322043622/http://sportekspres.com/?p=47024 |archive-date=22 March 2014 |url-status=dead}} 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.{{cite web |last=Serani |first=Olgert |url=http://www.panorama-sport.com/ballina/europiani-i-peshengritjes-godelli-e-qerimaj-me-medalje-demtohet-romela-begaj/ |title=Qerimaj kampion Europe, mund Godellin për 20 gramë. Kuqezinjtë rrëmbejnë 6 medalje |publisher=Panorama sport |date=10 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140412003652/http://www.panorama-sport.com/ballina/europiani-i-peshengritjes-godelli-e-qerimaj-me-medalje-demtohet-romela-begaj/ |archivedate=12 April 2014}}
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.{{cite web |url=https://www.iwf.net/2014/11/13/albanias-first-gold-medal-in-any-olympic-sport-at-a-world-championships/ |title=Albania's first gold medal in any Olympic sport at a world championships |work=IWF.net |accessdate=5 March 2019 |date=13 November 2014}} The results were later disqualified as Godelli failed an anti-doping test for the steroid Stanozolol,{{Cite web |url=http://www.iwf.net/2014/12/11/public-disclosure-8/ |title=Public Disclosure |date=11 December 2014}}{{cite web |url=https://www.iwf.net/anti-doping/sanctions/ |title=IWF Sanctions |work=IWF.net |accessdate=5 March 2019}} as a result he was banned from competition until 10 December 2016.
Major results
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! rowspan=2 width=40 | Year ! rowspan=2 width=250 | Venue ! rowspan=2 width=60 | Weight ! colspan=4 | Snatch (kg) ! colspan=4 | Clean & Jerk (kg) ! rowspan=2 width=60 | Total ! rowspan=2 width=40 | Rank | ||||||||||||
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| colspan=13 | World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2010 | align=left | {{flag icon|TUR}} Antalya, Turkey | 69 kg | 135 | 140 | 13 | 167 | 172 | 177 | 5 | 317 | 7 | |
| 2011 | align=left | {{flag icon|FRA}} Paris, France | 69 kg | 140 | 143 | 146 | 6 | 165 | – | – | 32 | 311 | 20 |
| 2013 | align=left | {{flag icon|POL}} Wrocław, Poland | 69 kg | 147 | 4 | 175 | 7 | 322 | 7 | ||||
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| 2014 | align=left | {{flag icon|KAZ}} Almaty, Kazakhstan | 77 kg | 163 | 167 | 171 | – | 195 | 198 | – | – | DSQ | |
| 2018 | align=left | {{flag icon|TKM}} Ashgabat, Turkmenistan | 81 kg | 156 | 10 | – | – | – |
References
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External links
- {{Lift Up}}
- {{Olympedia}}
- {{Olympics.com}}
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Category:Albanian male weightlifters
Category:Olympic weightlifters for Albania
Category:Weightlifters at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:Sportspeople from Elbasan
Category:Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Albania
Category:Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games
Category:Mediterranean Games medalists in weightlifting
Category:European Weightlifting Championships medalists
Category:World Weightlifting Championships medalists
Category:21st-century Albanian sportsmen
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