David Litvinov

{{Short description|Israeli weightlifter (born 1993)}}

{{For|the British film industry consultant|David Litvinoff}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1993|9|23}}

| country = Israel

| sport = Weightlifting

| weight_class = +109 kg

| worlds = 17th (2018)

| regionals = 7th (2018)

| nationals =

| olympics = 11th (2021)

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{{Medal|Sport| Men's weightlifting }}

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{{Medal|Competition| IWF World Cup }}

{{Medal|Bronze| 2020 Rome | +109 kg }}

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David Litvinov ({{Langx|he|דוד ליטבינוב}}; born 23 September 1993){{Cite web|title=2020 Roma World Cup|url=http://www.pesistica.org/public/file_manager/ARCHIVIO/fipe/gare/nazionali/2020/01.27.20%20-%20RomaWWC/Results/Roma%202020%20WWC%20-%20Results.pdf|website=Federazione Italiana Pesistica|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200526140449/http://www.pesistica.org/public/file_manager/ARCHIVIO/fipe/gare/nazionali/2020/01.27.20%20-%20RomaWWC/Results/Roma%202020%20WWC%20-%20Results.pdf|archive-date=26 May 2020|access-date=26 May 2020}} is an Israeli weightlifter. He represented Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.{{Cite news|last=Oliver|first=Brian|date=19 July 2021|title=European weightlifting champion Toma fails with legal challenge against Olympic ban|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1110444/toma-cas-case-dismissed|access-date=19 July 2021}}

Career

Litvinov competed in the men's +105 kg event at the 2017 Summer Universiade held in Taipei, Taiwan and the men's +105 kg event at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships held in Anaheim, United States.{{Cite web|title=2017 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book|url=https://lsaf.lt/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/ResultsBook_Anaheim.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625132851/https://lsaf.lt/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/ResultsBook_Anaheim.pdf|archive-date=25 June 2021|access-date=25 June 2021|website=lsaf.lt}} He also competed in the men's +109 kg event at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan and the men's +109 kg event at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships held in Pattaya, Thailand.{{Cite web|title=2019 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book|url=https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2019/09/job_934-Pattaya_2019.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725001808/https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2019/09/job_934-Pattaya_2019.pdf|archive-date=25 July 2021|access-date=25 July 2021|website=International Weightlifting Federation}}

Litvinov competed at several editions of the European Weightlifting Championships: he competed in the men's +105 kg event at the 2014 European Weightlifting Championships in Israel, Tel Aviv, at the 2016 European Weightlifting Championships in Førde, Norway, at the 2017 European Weightlifting Championships in Split, Croatia and the 2018 European Weightlifting Championships in Bucharest, Romania. He also competed in the men's +109 kg event at the 2021 European Weightlifting Championships in Moscow, Russia.{{Cite web|title=Results Book|url=https://www.ewfed.com/2021/Moscow/ResultsBook.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413173640/https://www.ewfed.com/2021/Moscow/ResultsBook.pdf|archive-date=13 April 2021|access-date=29 May 2021|website=2021 European Weightlifting Championships}}

In 2020, Litvinov won the bronze medal in the men's +109{{nbsp}}kg event at the Roma 2020 World Cup in Rome, Italy.

Fernando Reis of Brazil had qualified to compete in the men's +109 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan but he was suspended after testing positive for human growth hormone.{{Cite news|last=Oliver|first=Brian|date=17 July 2021|title=Brazilian weightlifter removed from Tokyo 2020 team after positive test for human growth hormone|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1110305/brazilian-weightlifter-tokyo-2020-doping|access-date=17 July 2021}} He was replaced by Litvinov less than a week before the opening ceremony of the 2020 Summer Olympics. Litvinov finished in 11th place with a total of 381 kg.{{Cite web|title=Men's +109 kg Results|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WLF/OG2020-_WLF_C73_WLFMO109KG------------FNL---------.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804123740/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WLF/OG2020-_WLF_C73_WLFMO109KG------------FNL---------.pdf|archive-date=4 August 2021|access-date=4 August 2021|website=2020 Summer Olympics}}

In 2023, he competed at the European Weightlifting Championships held in Yerevan, Armenia.

Achievements

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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=65 | Total

! rowspan=2 width=40 | Rank

width=65 | 1width=65| 2width=65| 3width=45| Rank

! width=65 | 1

width=65| 2width=65| 3width=45| Rank
colspan=13 | Summer Olympics
2021align=left| {{flagicon|JPN}} Tokyo, Japan+109 kg

| 176

{{s|181}}{{s|181}}10

| 205

{{s|210}}{{s|210}}11

| 381

11
colspan=13 | World Championships
2017align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Anaheim, United States+105 kg

| 160

166{{s|172}}15

| {{s|190}}

190{{s|203}}18

| 356

18
2018align=left| {{flagicon|TKM}} Ashgabat, Turkmenistan+109 kg

| 170

175{{s|178 }}17

| 200

205{{s|210 }}20

| 380

17
2019align=left| {{flagicon|THA}} Pattaya, Thailand+109 kg

| 176

18118412

| {{s|205}}

20521121

| 395

19

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