Briken Calja

Briken Calja (born 19 February 1990, Elbasan) is an Albanian weightlifter,[1] Olympian, and European Champion competing in the 69 kg category until 2018 and 73 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[2] He won the silver medal in the men's 73 kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[3]

Briken Calja
Personal information
Born (1990-02-19) February 19, 1990
Elbasan, Albania
Height1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
Country Albania
SportWeightlifting
Event(s)69 kg
Medal record
World Championships
2021 Tashkent-73 kg
European Championships
2018 Bucharest-69 kg
2019 Batumi-73 kg
2021 Moscow-73 kg

Career

Calja competed for Albania at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where he finished 9th in his weight class after lifting a total weight of 320 kg.[4] In 2013 Calja was suspended for two years for using androsterone.[5]

He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in 69kg division where he finished in 5th place after lifting 326 kg.[6] In 2018 Calja became European champion in the 2018 European Weightlifting Championships in Bucharest.[7]

Major results
Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Representing  Albania
Olympic Games
2012 London, England69 kg143146146817317417763206
2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil69 kg145151151717518118453265
2020 Tokyo, Japan73 kg151151155718418819043414
World Championships
2006 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic62 kg110115116241401451452925628
2010 Antalya, Turkey69 kg135140145131671721731430711
2011 Paris, France69 kg140140145151701701721931215
2015 Houston, United States69 kg1431431431217718318773267
2017 Anaheim, United States69 kg142145146417518018053174
2018 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan73 kg148153157618118618973396
2019 Pattaya, Thailand73 kg151156—181190190133375
2021 Tashkent, Uzbekistan73 kg152154156182186190342
European Championships
2008 Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy69 kg125130135101601601601429513
2009 Bucharest, Romania69 kg1301331379157163—1329010
2012 Antalya, Turkey69 kg140145146417017517783156
2013 Tirana, Albania69 kg142142142—173174177——
2016 Førde, Norway69 kg142145147177178178———
2017 Split, Croatia69 kg145145145—170175178——
2018 Bucharest, Romania69 kg141143146171175175321
2019 Batumi, Georgia73 kg152156160183183188339
2021 Moscow, Russia73 kg1521571574183184188336

References
  1. "Briken Calja Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  2. "PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 73 kg" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  3. Oliver, Brian (10 December 2021). "Weightlifter Calja agonisingly close to becoming Albania's first world champion in any sport". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 11 December 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. London 2012 Archived 2012-08-01 at the Wayback Machine
  5. "Sanctioned Athletes / Athlete Support Personnel". International Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  6. "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  7. Oculus News (31 May 2018). "Briken Calja Europe Champion in Weightlifting with 3 gold medals". Retrieved 31 May 2018.
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