1993 - Today
Lasha Talakhadze (Georgian: ლაშა ტალახაძე; born 2 October 1993) is a Georgian weightlifter, holding the all-time world records regardless of weight category in the snatch (225 kg), the clean and jerk (267 kg) and the total (492 kg) since 2021. Talakhadze is a two-time Olympic champion, six-time world champion, and six-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). Because of his consistent tournament success and breaking of numerous world records, he is considered by many to be the greatest weightlifter of all time. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lasha Talakhadze has received more than 1,169,843 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Lasha Talakhadze is the 1,339th most popular athlete (up from 1,432nd in 2019), the 220th most popular biography from Georgia (up from 223rd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Georgian Athlete.
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Among athletes, Lasha Talakhadze ranks 1,339 out of 3,059. Before him are Barbora Špotáková, Konstantin Volkov, Emil Hegle Svendsen, Joyce King, Ivan Fuqua, and Tero Pitkämäki. After him are Hartwig Gauder, George Saling, Prosper Bruggeman, Edward Barrett, Nikolay Zimyatov, and Arthur Wint.
1981 - Present
HPI: 40.84
Rank: 1,333
1960 - Present
HPI: 40.81
Rank: 1,334
1985 - Present
HPI: 40.81
Rank: 1,335
1920 - 2001
HPI: 40.81
Rank: 1,336
1909 - 1994
HPI: 40.80
Rank: 1,337
1982 - Present
HPI: 40.80
Rank: 1,338
1993 - Present
HPI: 40.79
Rank: 1,339
1954 - 2020
HPI: 40.79
Rank: 1,340
1909 - 1933
HPI: 40.78
Rank: 1,341
1873 - Present
HPI: 40.77
Rank: 1,342
1877 - 1932
HPI: 40.77
Rank: 1,343
1955 - Present
HPI: 40.76
Rank: 1,344
1920 - 1992
HPI: 40.75
Rank: 1,345
Among people born in 1993, Lasha Talakhadze ranks 81. Before him are DeAndre Yedlin, Seo Kang-joon, Bobbi Kristina Brown, Niall Horan, André Gomes, and Miranda Cosgrove. After him are Ruslan Malinovskyi, Jyoti Amge, Pete Davidson, Yua Mikami, Mariya Lasitskene, and Yoo Seung-ho.
1993 - Present
HPI: 41.30
Rank: 75
1993 - Present
HPI: 41.24
Rank: 76
1993 - 2015
HPI: 41.23
Rank: 77
1993 - Present
HPI: 41.22
Rank: 78
1993 - Present
HPI: 41.18
Rank: 79
1993 - Present
HPI: 41.01
Rank: 80
1993 - Present
HPI: 40.79
Rank: 81
1993 - Present
HPI: 40.74
Rank: 82
1993 - Present
HPI: 40.59
Rank: 83
1993 - Present
HPI: 40.06
Rank: 84
1993 - Present
HPI: 39.98
Rank: 85
1993 - Present
HPI: 39.93
Rank: 86
1993 - Present
HPI: 39.90
Rank: 87
Among people born in Georgia, Lasha Talakhadze ranks 220 out of 342. Before him are Vano Merabishvili (1968), Archil Arveladze (1973), Tamara Gverdtsiteli (1962), Medea Jugeli (1925), Lika Kavzharadze (1959), and Roman Dzindzichashvili (1944). After him are Nika Melia (1979), Zaza Gogava (1971), Zaza Urushadze (1965), David Khakhaleishvili (1971), Omari Tetradze (1969), and Nodar Kumaritashvili (1988).
1968 - Present
HPI: 41.39
Rank: 214
1973 - Present
HPI: 41.38
Rank: 215
1962 - Present
HPI: 41.31
Rank: 216
1925 - 2016
HPI: 41.23
Rank: 217
1959 - 2017
HPI: 40.83
Rank: 218
1944 - Present
HPI: 40.81
Rank: 219
1993 - Present
HPI: 40.79
Rank: 220
1979 - Present
HPI: 40.66
Rank: 221
1971 - Present
HPI: 40.48
Rank: 222
1965 - 2019
HPI: 40.45
Rank: 223
1971 - 2021
HPI: 40.35
Rank: 224
1969 - Present
HPI: 40.32
Rank: 225
1988 - 2010
HPI: 40.25
Rank: 226
Among athletes born in Georgia, Lasha Talakhadze ranks 5. Before him are Keto Losaberidze (1949), Robert Shavlakadze (1933), Rafael Chimishkyan (1929), and Medea Jugeli (1925). After him are Nodar Kumaritashvili (1988), Nino Salukvadze (1969), Boris Kokorev (1959), Vladimer Aptsiauri (1962), Giorgi Asanidze (1975), Hanna Melnychenko (1983), and Khatuna Lorig (1974).
1949 - 2022
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 1
1933 - 2020
HPI: 52.39
Rank: 2
1929 - Present
HPI: 45.86
Rank: 3
1925 - 2016
HPI: 41.23
Rank: 4
1993 - Present
HPI: 40.79
Rank: 5
1988 - 2010
HPI: 40.25
Rank: 6
1969 - Present
HPI: 39.93
Rank: 7
1959 - 2018
HPI: 34.80
Rank: 8
1962 - 2012
HPI: 33.82
Rank: 9
1975 - Present
HPI: 33.02
Rank: 10
1983 - Present
HPI: 30.00
Rank: 11
1974 - Present
HPI: 21.60
Rank: 12