Anastasios Triantafyllou’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro Olympic weightlifter
Is Weightlifter 
Type Sports 
Gender male
Birth 30 May 1987, Heraklion, Heraklion Municipality, Crete Region, Decentralized Administration of Crete
Age: 33 years

Anastasios Triantafyllou (Greek: Αναστάσιος Τριανταφύλλου; born May 30, 1987 in Heraklion, Crete) is a Greek weightlifter. Triantafyllou represented Greece at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men’s middle-heavyweight category (94 kg), along with his compatriot Konstantinos Gkaripis. He successfully lifted 155 kg in the single-motion snatch, and hoisted 196 kg in a two-part, shoulder-to-overhead clean and jerk, for a total of 351 kg, finishing behind his compatriot Gkaripis by nine kilograms in fifteenth place.

In 2009 Triantafyllou was suspended for 2 years after he failed a drug test for methylhexanamine doping.

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