Daniel Godelli
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| Born | (1992-01-10) 10 January 1992 Peqin, Albania | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||
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| 2010 |  Antalya, Turkey | 69 kg | 135 | 140 | 13 | 167 | 172 | 177 | 5 | 317 | 7 | |
| 2011 |  Paris, France | 69 kg | 140 | 143 | 146 | 6 | 165 | – | – | 32 | 311 | 20 |
| 2013 |  Wrocław, Poland | 69 kg | 147 | 4 | 175 | 7 | 322 | 7 | ||||
| 2014 |  Almaty, Kazakhstan | 77 kg | 163 | 167 | 171 | – | 195 | 198 | – | – | DSQ | |
| 2018 |  Ashgabat, Turkmenistan | 81 kg | 156 | 10 | – | – | – | |||||
References
- ^"Olympic Profile". Olympic.org. 26 June 2016. Archived from the original on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- ^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.
- ^PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 81 kg
- ^"Weightlifting - Daniel Godelli (Albania) : season totals". The-sports.org. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
- ^ ab"Albania's first gold medal in any Olympic sport at a world championships". International Weightlifting Federation. 13 November 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
- ^"Top Channel Video". Top-channel.tv. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
- ^"吹き出物は終わった". Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^"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.
- ^"Albania's Godelli wins gold at European Weightlifting Championship - Tirana Times". 12 April 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
- ^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.
- ^"Public Disclosure". 11 December 2014.
- ^"IWF Sanctions". IWF.net. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- ^"Sanctions". Retrieved 21 June 2025.
External links
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Albanian male weightlifters
- Olympic weightlifters for Albania
- Weightlifters at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Elbasan
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Albania
- Weightlifters at the 2013 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games medalists in weightlifting
- European Weightlifting Championships medalists
- World Weightlifting Championships medalists
- 21st-century Albanian sportsmen