Robert Dołęga
{{Short description|Polish weightlifter (born 1977)}}
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| sport = Weightlifting
| event = 105 kg
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{{MedalSport | Men's weightlifting}}
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{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}
{{MedalSilver|2000 Sofia | 105 kg}}
{{MedalBronze|2008 Lignano Sabbiadoro | 105 kg}}
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Robert Dołęga ({{IPA|pl|ˈrɔbɛrd dɔˈwɛŋɡa}}; born 31 December 1977) is a Polish weightlifter.{{cite sports-reference|title = Robert Dołęga|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/do/robert-dolega-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418072004/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/do/robert-dolega-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 27 December 2012}} He won a silver medal for the heavyweight division at the 2000 European Weightlifting Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, and bronze at the 2008 European Weightlifting Championships in Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy.{{cn|date=April 2023}}
Dołęga competed in the men's heavyweight class (105 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He did not finish the event, after failing to lift a snatch of 180 kg in three attempts.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Dołęga competed for his second time in the men's 105 kg class, along with his younger brother Marcin. Unlike his previous Olympics, he placed eighth in this event, as he successfully lifted 184 kg in the snatch, and hoisted 221 kg in the clean and jerk, for a total of 405 kg.{{cite web|title=Men's 105kg (231 lbs) |url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/weightlifting/resultsandschedules/rsc=WLM005000/standings.html |publisher=NBC Olympics |accessdate=27 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120730233427/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/weightlifting/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DWLM005000/standings.html |archivedate=30 July 2012 }}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120819145237/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=66106/bio/index.html NBC 2008 Olympics profile]
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Category:Polish male weightlifters
Category:Olympic weightlifters for Poland
Category:Weightlifters at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Category:Weightlifters at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:Sportspeople from Lublin Voivodeship
Category:European Weightlifting Championships medalists
Category:21st-century Polish sportsmen
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