Ilya Ilyin
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| Nationality | Kazakhstani | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 May 1988 Kzyl-Orda, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 104.35 kg (230.1 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | -105 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Toyshan Bektemirov, Erzhas Boltaev | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ilya Aleksandrovich Ilyin (Russian: Илья Александрович Ильин; born 24 May 1988) is a retired Kazakhstani weightlifter who won four world championships and was regarded as one of the greatest weightlifters of all time, until banned for doping abuse in both 2008 and 2012 Olympics. On 12 December 2015 at the President's Cup in Grozny, Russia, Ilyin set two world records in the −105 kg class. He lifted 246 kg in the clean and jerk and 437 kg in the total. Ilyin was named IWF World Weightlifter of the Year four times: in 2005, 2006, 2014, and 2015.
Originally a two-time Olympic gold medallist in 2008 and 2012, Ilyin was officially stripped of his gold medals on 25 November 2016, by the IWF due to doping violations after retests of his samples given at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics.