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| Nationality | Ossetian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1987-11-15) 15 November 1987 (age 37) Tskhinvali, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 94 kg (207 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Arsen Kasabiev (Georgian: არსენ კასაბიევი; Template:Lang-ru) born 15 November 1987 in Tskhinvali, South Ossetia) is a Polish-Georgian weightlifter of Ossetian origin. At the 2004 Summer Olympics he placed 14th. At the 2008 Summer Olympics he originally placed fourth, but due to the doping failure of Ilya Ilyin and Khadzhimurat Akkaev, he placed second. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China he initially gained attention for being from South Ossetia due to the 2008 South Ossetia war. He publicly announced that he no longer wanted to represent Georgia and moved to Poland afterwards.
He was granted Polish citizenship in December 2009; he now represents Poland.
He represented Poland at the 2012 Summer Olympics, in the event Weightlifting Men's 94 kg. He did not finish, owing to an injury.
References
- BBC
- International Herald Tribune
- Арсен Касабиев - Ossetians.com
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-03-06. Retrieved 2010-03-06.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - "Men's 94kg". london2012.com. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
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- Naturalized citizens of Poland
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