Lasha Talakhadze is described in the public record as Georgian weightlifter. Born in Sachkhere, Georgia, in 1993.
Lasha Talakhadze (Georgian: ლაშა ტალახაძე; Georgian pronunciation: [laʃa tʼalaχadze]; born 2 October 1993) is a Georgian weightlifter, holding the all-time world records independent of weight category in the snatch (225 kg, 496 lb), the clean and jerk (267 kg, 589 lb), and the total (492 kg, 1,085 lb) since 2021. Talakhadze is a three-time Olympic champion, seven-time world champion, and seven-time European champion competing in the super-heavyweight category (105 kg + until 2018 and 109 kg + starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories). He is a three-time winner of the IWF Male Lifter of the Year. Since 2024, Talakhadze is a parliamentarian for the Georgian Dream party in Georgia. == Career == === Early career and +105 kg division === Talakhadze represented Georgia at the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships, and originally finished second with a total of 454 kg.
Lasha Talakhadze is recorded among the figures by whom fencing is remembered, and the surviving account of that career is the basis on which the reputation rests.
Fencing is decided by electrically scored touches at a speed the eye cannot reliably follow, and its three weapons have separate rules and traditions.



