Robert Dołęga (Polish pronunciation: ; born 31 December 1977 in Łuków) is łęa Polish weightlifter. He won a silver medal for the heavyweight division at the 2000 European Weightlifting Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, and bronze at the 2008 European Weightlifting Championships in Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy.

Dołęga competed in the men's heavyweight class (105 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He did not finish the event, after failing to lift a snatch of 180 kg in three attempts.

Robert Dołęga

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Dołęga competed for his second time in the men's 105 kg class, along with his younger brother Marcin. Unlike his previous Olympics, he placed eighth in this event, as he successfully lifted 184 kg in the snatch, and hoisted 221 kg in the clean and jerk, for a total of 405 kg.

Robert Dołęga

References

External links

NBC 2008 Olympics profile

Polish male weightlifters

1977 births

Living people

Olympic weightlifters for Poland

Weightlifters at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Weightlifters at the 2008 Summer Olympics

People from Łuków

Sportspeople from Lublin Voivodeship

European Weightlifting Championships medalists

21st-century Polish sportsmen

Robert Dołęga