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Born | Elbasan, Albania | 19 February 1990||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Military career | |||||||||||||||||||||
Allegiance | Albania | ||||||||||||||||||||
Service/ | Albanian Armed Forces | ||||||||||||||||||||
Years of service | 2022– [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | Colonel | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||
Country | Albania | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 69 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Briken Calja (born 19 February 1990, Elbasan) is an Albanian weightlifter, [2] Olympian, and European Champion competing in the 69 kg category until 2018 and 73 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories. [3] He won the silver medal in the men's 73 kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. [4]
Calja competed for Albania at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where he finished 9th in his weight class after lifting a total weight of 320 kg. [5] In 2013 Calja was suspended for two years for using androsterone. [6]
He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in 69kg division where he finished in 5th place after lifting 326 kg. [7] In 2018 Calja became European champion in the 2018 European Weightlifting Championships in Bucharest. [8]
Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||||
Representing Albania | ||||||||||||||
Olympic Games | ||||||||||||||
2012 | London, England | 69 kg | 143 | 8 | 173 | 174 | 177 | 6 | 320 | 6 | ||||
2016 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 69 kg | 145 | 7 | 175 | 181 | 5 | 326 | 5 | |||||
2020 | Tokyo, Japan | 73 kg | 151 | 7 | 184 | 190 | 4 | 341 | 4 | |||||
World Championships | ||||||||||||||
2006 | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | 62 kg | 110 | 116 | 24 | 140 | 29 | 256 | 28 | |||||
2010 | Antalya, Turkey | 69 kg | 135 | 140 | 13 | 167 | 14 | 307 | 11 | |||||
2011 | Paris, France | 69 kg | 140 | 15 | 172 | 19 | 312 | 15 | ||||||
2015 | Houston, United States | 69 kg | 143 | 12 | 177 | 183 | 7 | 326 | 7 | |||||
2017 | Anaheim, United States | 69 kg | 142 | 4 | 175 | 5 | 317 | 4 | ||||||
2018 | Ashgabat, Turkmenistan | 73 kg | 148 | 153 | 6 | 181 | 186 | 7 | 339 | 6 | ||||
2019 | Pattaya, Thailand | 73 kg | 151 | 156 | — | 181 | 13 | 337 | 5 | |||||
2021 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 73 kg | 152 | 154 | 156 | 182 | 186 | 342 | ||||||
European Championships | ||||||||||||||
2008 | Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy | 69 kg | 125 | 130 | 135 | 10 | 160 | 14 | 295 | 13 | ||||
2009 | Bucharest, Romania | 69 kg | 133 | 9 | 157 | — | 13 | 290 | 10 | |||||
2012 | Antalya, Turkey | 69 kg | 140 | 145 | 4 | 170 | 8 | 315 | 6 | |||||
2013 | Tirana, Albania | 69 kg | — | 174 | — | — | ||||||||
2016 | Førde, Norway | 69 kg | 142 | 145 | — | — | — | |||||||
2017 | Split, Croatia | 69 kg | — | 170 | 175 | — | — | |||||||
2018 | Bucharest, Romania | 69 kg | 141 | 143 | 146 | 171 | 175 | 321 | ||||||
2019 | Batumi, Georgia | 73 kg | 152 | 156 | 183 | 339 | ||||||||
2021 | Moscow, Russia | 73 kg | 152 | 184 | 336 |
Sportistët e punësuar aktualisht pranë Ministrisë së Mbrojtjes, që do të përfitojnë nga ky ligj gradën e kolonelit janë: 1. Luiza GEGA – "Kolonel", 2. Briken CALJA – "Kolonel", 3. Nora GJAKOVA – "Kolonel", 4. Distria KRASNIQI – "Kolonel"
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Elbasan, Albania | 19 February 1990||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Military career | |||||||||||||||||||||
Allegiance | Albania | ||||||||||||||||||||
Service/ | Albanian Armed Forces | ||||||||||||||||||||
Years of service | 2022– [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | Colonel | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||
Country | Albania | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 69 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
|
Briken Calja (born 19 February 1990, Elbasan) is an Albanian weightlifter, [2] Olympian, and European Champion competing in the 69 kg category until 2018 and 73 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories. [3] He won the silver medal in the men's 73 kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. [4]
Calja competed for Albania at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where he finished 9th in his weight class after lifting a total weight of 320 kg. [5] In 2013 Calja was suspended for two years for using androsterone. [6]
He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in 69kg division where he finished in 5th place after lifting 326 kg. [7] In 2018 Calja became European champion in the 2018 European Weightlifting Championships in Bucharest. [8]
Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||||
Representing Albania | ||||||||||||||
Olympic Games | ||||||||||||||
2012 | London, England | 69 kg | 143 | 8 | 173 | 174 | 177 | 6 | 320 | 6 | ||||
2016 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 69 kg | 145 | 7 | 175 | 181 | 5 | 326 | 5 | |||||
2020 | Tokyo, Japan | 73 kg | 151 | 7 | 184 | 190 | 4 | 341 | 4 | |||||
World Championships | ||||||||||||||
2006 | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | 62 kg | 110 | 116 | 24 | 140 | 29 | 256 | 28 | |||||
2010 | Antalya, Turkey | 69 kg | 135 | 140 | 13 | 167 | 14 | 307 | 11 | |||||
2011 | Paris, France | 69 kg | 140 | 15 | 172 | 19 | 312 | 15 | ||||||
2015 | Houston, United States | 69 kg | 143 | 12 | 177 | 183 | 7 | 326 | 7 | |||||
2017 | Anaheim, United States | 69 kg | 142 | 4 | 175 | 5 | 317 | 4 | ||||||
2018 | Ashgabat, Turkmenistan | 73 kg | 148 | 153 | 6 | 181 | 186 | 7 | 339 | 6 | ||||
2019 | Pattaya, Thailand | 73 kg | 151 | 156 | — | 181 | 13 | 337 | 5 | |||||
2021 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 73 kg | 152 | 154 | 156 | 182 | 186 | 342 | ||||||
European Championships | ||||||||||||||
2008 | Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy | 69 kg | 125 | 130 | 135 | 10 | 160 | 14 | 295 | 13 | ||||
2009 | Bucharest, Romania | 69 kg | 133 | 9 | 157 | — | 13 | 290 | 10 | |||||
2012 | Antalya, Turkey | 69 kg | 140 | 145 | 4 | 170 | 8 | 315 | 6 | |||||
2013 | Tirana, Albania | 69 kg | — | 174 | — | — | ||||||||
2016 | Førde, Norway | 69 kg | 142 | 145 | — | — | — | |||||||
2017 | Split, Croatia | 69 kg | — | 170 | 175 | — | — | |||||||
2018 | Bucharest, Romania | 69 kg | 141 | 143 | 146 | 171 | 175 | 321 | ||||||
2019 | Batumi, Georgia | 73 kg | 152 | 156 | 183 | 339 | ||||||||
2021 | Moscow, Russia | 73 kg | 152 | 184 | 336 |
Sportistët e punësuar aktualisht pranë Ministrisë së Mbrojtjes, që do të përfitojnë nga ky ligj gradën e kolonelit janë: 1. Luiza GEGA – "Kolonel", 2. Briken CALJA – "Kolonel", 3. Nora GJAKOVA – "Kolonel", 4. Distria KRASNIQI – "Kolonel"