Daniel Godelli

Daniel Godelli
Personal information
Born (1992-01-10) 10 January 1992
Peqin, Albania
Medal record
Men's Weightlifting
Representing  Albania
World Championships
Disqualified2014 Almaty77 kg
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place2011 Penang69 kg
European Championships
Silver medal – second place2013 Tirana69 kg
Silver medal – second place2014 Tel Aviv77 kg
Bronze medal – third place2011 Kazan69 kg
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place2013 Mersin69 kg Snatch
Gold medal – first place2013 Mersin69 kg Clean&Jerk

Daniel Godelli (born 10 January 1992, in Peqin) is an Albanian weightlifter, and Olympian[1][2] competing in the 69 kg and 77 kg categories until 2018 and 81 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[3]

He has won various medals, most notably the gold medal at the 2014 World Championship in Almaty, but his results at Almaty were later disqualified due to testing positive for doping.[4] He lifted a total weight of 369kg and became Albania's first ever to win a World championship medal in any Olympic sport. He also attempted a world record in clean and jerk but failed at 211 kg.[5]

Career

The notable achievement during Godelli's youth activities was winning the gold medal on the World Junior Championships in 2011.[6] In this year, also he won bronze medal at 2011 European Weightlifting Championships in Kazan.[7]

In 2013, he won a gold medal in the clean and jerk, in the men's 69 kg category in the 2013 European Weightlifting Championships in Tirana, Albania.[8] He also won two more silver in snatch, and total.[9]

In 2014, he repeated himself with a silver medal but in the 77 kg category, and lost the gold medal to Erkand Qerimaj only for a slightly heavier body weight, as he had lifted the same combined weight as Qerimaj, 349 kg.[10]

He initially won a gold medal at the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships in the 77 kg category, and in doing so became Albania's first World Champion.[5] The results were later disqualified as Godelli failed an anti-doping test for the steroid Stanozolol,[11][12] as a result he was banned from competition until 10 December 2016.[13]

Major results

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
World Championships
2010TurkeyAntalya, Turkey69 kg1351401451316717217753177
2011FranceParis, France69 kg14014314661653231120
2013PolandWrocław, Poland69 kg145147151417517518273227
2014KazakhstanAlmaty, Kazakhstan77 kg163167171195198211DSQ
2018TurkmenistanAshgabat, Turkmenistan81 kg15616216210186186186

References

  1. ^"Olympic Profile". Olympic.org. 26 June 2016. Archived from the original on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  2. ^Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Daniel Godelli". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  3. ^PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 81 kg
  4. ^"Weightlifting - Daniel Godelli (Albania) : season totals". The-sports.org. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
  5. ^ ab"Albania's first gold medal in any Olympic sport at a world championships". International Weightlifting Federation. 13 November 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
  6. ^"Top Channel Video". Top-channel.tv. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
  7. ^"吹き出物は終わった". Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  8. ^"Godelli ngjit një shkallë në podiumin e Europianit të 2013-ës". Sportekspres. 21 March 2014. Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  9. ^"Albania's Godelli wins gold at European Weightlifting Championship - Tirana Times". 12 April 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
  10. ^Serani, Olgert (10 April 2014). "Qerimaj kampion Europe, mund Godellin për 20 gramë. Kuqezinjtë rrëmbejnë 6 medalje". Panorama sport. Archived from the original on 12 April 2014.
  11. ^"Public Disclosure". 11 December 2014.
  12. ^"IWF Sanctions". IWF.net. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  13. ^"Sanctions". Retrieved 21 June 2025.