Kirill Pavlov

Kirill Pavlov (born 13 September 1986 in Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union) is a Kazakhstani weightlifter competing in the 77 kg category. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics, finishing 9th. He won the silver medal at the 2010 Asian Games.

He originally finished fourth in the clean and jerk and total at the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships, but gold medalist Daniel Godelli was disqualified after he tested positive for stanozolol use, giving Pavlov two bronze medal performances.

He is notable in weightlifting for his unorthodox clean technique, with a very pronounced hitch at the hips and diving under the bar.

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