Ibragim Samadov

Ibragim Berkmanovich Samadov (Ибрагим Беркманович Самадов, born July 18, 1968, in Pervomayskaya, Chechenskaya Respublika, Soviet Union) is a former Olympic weightlifter.

[1] Samadov was the gold medalist at the 1991 World Weightlifting Championships, representing the Soviet Union with his superior clean and jerk evening his total weight with teammate Oleksandr Blyshchyk.

In 1992, Altymyrat Orazdurdyýew was the favorite, but was not selected for the Unified Team by coach and Russian national hero Vasily Alekseyev because Orazdurdiyev was from Turkmenistan, while Samadov was from Russia.

The first tiebreaker was the athlete's body weight and Samadov was .05 kg heavier, pushing him to the bronze medal position.

He was ineligible for the Weightlifting Hall of Fame, since making a medal ceremony protest was an offence to the entire Olympic Games.