Ritvars Suharevs

Ritvars Suharevs (born 11 January 1999) is a Latvian weightlifter, and Junior World Champion competing in the 77 kg category until 2018 and 81 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.

Career Suharevs' first major result came at the 2013 European Youth Championships held in Klaipėda, Lithuania where he won three golds; coming first in the overall classification along with the individual snatch and clean & jerk. The following year, in 2014, Suharevs won gold again at the European Youth Championships hosted in Ciechanów, this time in the −62 kg with a total lift of 256 kg. At the 2016 European Junior Championships, Ritvars came second in the −77 kg class, finishing only a kilogram behind gold medalist Davit Hovhannisyan.

In August 2024, Suharevs competed in the men's 73 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France. He failed two attempts to lift 147 kg in the Snatch and finished the competition with no result. During the Olympics he suffered a shoulder injury.

Major results Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank 1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank Summer Olympics 2021 Tokyo, Japan 81 kg 158 158 163 190 195 198 358 6 2024 Paris, France 73 kg 147 147 — — — — — World Championships 2018 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 81 kg 153 156 159 6 184 185 191 15 344 11 2019 Pattaya, Thailand 81 kg 154 158 160 16 188 192 200 11 346 12 2022 Bogotá, Colombia 73 kg 143 143 146 16 172 172 176 15 319 14 2023 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 73 kg 150 154 156 178 178 181 — — — IWF World Cup 2024 Phuket, Thailand 73 kg 151 154 157 5 178 184 187 9 341 6 European Championships 2016 Førde, Norway 77 kg 143 147 150 8 167 171 177 16 321 12 2017 Split, Croatia 77 kg 145 150 154 8 175 180 185 8 335 8 2018 Bucharest, Romania 77 kg 150 150 156 176 181 186 5 337 4 2019 Batumi, Georgia 81 kg 155 160 162 183 187 192 5 354 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 2017 Tokyo, Japan 77 kg 147 151 154 175 180 184 6 334 4 2018 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 77 kg 148 152 156 175 180 185 336