Dmitry Valentinovich Lapikov (; born June 4, 1982, in Kaliningrad) is a former Russian weightlifter.

Career

At the 2005 World Championships he ranked 4th, with a total of 408 kg. He won gold in the snatch, silver in the clean and jerk, and overall silver at the 2006 World Championships, with a total of 414 kg.

Dmitry Lapikov

Lapikov originally won the bronze medal in the 105 kg event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, with a total of 420 kg. In 2016, he was stripped of his medal after his sample tested positive for steroids.

Dmitry Lapikov

Lapikov tested positive and was disqualified from the +105 kg event of the European Championship 2011. He originally won the +105 kg category with a 192 snatch, 227 clean and jerk, and 419 total.

Dmitry Lapikov

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1982 births

Living people

Sportspeople from Kaliningrad

Russian male weightlifters

Weightlifters at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Olympic weightlifters for Russia

Competitors stripped of Summer Olympics medals

Doping cases in weightlifting

Russian sportspeople in doping cases

European Weightlifting Championships medalists

World Weightlifting Championships medalists