Daniel Godelli

Daniel Godelli (born 10 January 1992, in Peqin) is an Albanian weightlifter, and Olympian competing in the 69 kg and 77 kg categories until 2018 and 81 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.

He has won various medals, most notably the gold medal at the 2014 World Championship in Almaty, but his results at Almaty were later disqualified due to testing positive for doping. He lifted a total weight of 369kg and became Albania's first ever to win a World championship medal in any Olympic sport. He also attempted a world record in clean and jerk but failed at 211 kg.

Career The notable achievement during Godelli's youth activities was winning the gold medal on the World Junior Championships in 2011. In this year, also he won bronze medal at 2011 European Weightlifting Championships in Kazan.

In 2013, he won a gold medal in the clean and jerk, in the men's 69 kg category in the 2013 European Weightlifting Championships in Tirana, Albania. He also won two more silver in snatch, and total.

In 2014, he repeated himself with a silver medal but in the 77 kg category, and lost the gold medal to Erkand Qerimaj only for a slightly heavier body weight, as he had lifted the same combined weight as Qerimaj, 349 kg.

He initially won a gold medal at the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships in the 77 kg category, and in doing so became Albania's first World Champion. as a result he was banned from competition until 10 December 2016.

Major results Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank 1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank World Championships 2010 Antalya, Turkey 69 kg 135 140 145 13 167 172 177 5 317 7 2011 Paris, France 69 kg 140 143 146 6 165 – – 32 311 20 2013 Wrocław, Poland 69 kg 145 147 151 4 175 175 182 7 322 7 2014 Almaty, Kazakhstan 77 kg 163 167 171 – 195 198 211 – – DSQ 2018 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 81 kg 156 162 162 10 186 186 186 – – –