Ilya Ilyin Quote

Chicken and horse meat are the best foods for weightlifters, and good food is important.

Ilya Ilyin

Chicken and horse meat are the best foods for weightlifters, and good food is important.

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About Ilya Ilyin

Ilya Aleksandrovich Ilyin (Russian: Илья Александрович Ильин; born 24 May 1988) is a retired Kazakhstani weightlifter who won four world championships. 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 medalist 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.