Oleksiy Torokhtiy
Torokhtiy in 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Ukrainian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | May 22, 1986 Zuhres, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | NAU "KhAI" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) (2012) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 104 kg (229 lb) (2012) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www.torokhtiy.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Ukraine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 105 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Valery Nikulin, Mikhail Matsokha | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Updated on 7 August 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oleksiy Pavlovych Torokhtiy (Ukrainian: Олексій Павлович Торохтій; born May 22, 1986, in Zuhres) is a Ukrainian weightlifter, an Olympic Gold Medalist in weightlifting (London 2012) until disqualified for a doping offence, winner of World and European Championships. Participant of two Olympic Games (2008, 2012). Oleksiy was also a Member of European Weightlifting Federation Executive Committee, Deputy Chairman of Ukrainian National Olympic Commіttee Athletes Commission and the Vice-President of the Weightlifting Federation of Ukraine (2016-2020).
Currently, Oleksiy actively holds master classes and seminars on weightlifting all over the world. Oleksiy is the founder of international sportswear and accessories brand "Warm Body Cold Mind". Oleksiy is an author and creator of a series of training programs and nutrition sets called TORWOD.
Oleksiy is one of the biggest social media influencers in weightlifting, with more than half a million Instagram followers. He is famous for his free training videos on his YouTube channel. In 2019, he was awarded with YouTube Silver Play Button for more than 100,000 subscribers and currently has over 280,000 subscribers.