Aleksandr Kurlovich

Aleksandr Kurlovich
Personal information
Birth nameAleksandr Nikolaevich Kurlovich
Nationality Soviet Union
Born(1961-07-28)28 July 1961
Grodno, Soviet Union
Died6 April 2018(2018-04-06) (aged 56)
Grodno, Belarus
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Sport
CountrySoviet Union
Belarus
SportWeightlifting
Event+110 kg
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • Snatch: 215 kg (1989),
  • Clean and jerk: 260 kg (1987),
  • Total: 472 kg (1987)
Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
1988 Seoul+110 kg
World Weightlifting Championships
1987 Ostrava+110kg
1989 Athens+110kg
1991 Donaueschingen+110kg
1983 Moscow+110kg
European Weightlifting Championships
1989 Athens+110kg
1990 Aalborg+110kg
1983 Moscow+110kg
USSR Weightlifting Championships
1983 Moscow+110kg
1989 Frunze+110kg
1991 Donetsk+110kg
1984 Minsk+110kg
1987 Arkhangelsk+110kg
Representing the  Unified Team
Olympic Games
1992 Barcelona+110 kg
Representing  Belarus
Olympic Games
5th 1996 Atlanta +108kg
World Weightlifting Championships
1994 Istanbul+108kg

Aleksandr Nikolaevich Kurlovich (Russian: Александр Николаевич Курлович, English Alternate: Alexander Kurlovich, 28 July 1961 – 6 April 2018) was a Soviet weightlifter. He trained at Armed Forces sports society in Grodno.

In 2006 he was elected member of the International Weightlifting Federation Hall of Fame. He was caught in 1984 entering Canada with $10,000 worth of anabolic steroids that he wanted to sell to fellow weightlifters.