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{{Short description|Georgian-Polish weightlifter (born 1987)}}
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{{Medal|Silver | [[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]] | [[Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 94 kg|–94&nbsp;kg]] }}
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{{MedalCompetition|[[European Weightlifting Championships|European Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold |[[2010 European Weightlifting Championships|2010 Minsk]]| &ndash;94 kg}}
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'''Arsen Kasabiev''' ({{lang-ka|არსენ კასაბიევი}}; {{langx|ru|Арсен Касабиев}}; born 15 November 1987 in [[Tskhinvali]], [[South Ossetia]]) is a [[Poland|Polish]]-[[Georgia (country)|Georgian]] weightlifter of [[Ossetians|Ossetian]] origin. At the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] he placed 14th. At the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] he originally placed fourth, but due to the doping failure of Ilya Ilyin and Khadzhimurat Akkaev, he placed second.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics/weightlifting/7566713.stm BBC]</ref> At the 2008 Summer Olympics in [[Beijing]], [[PR China]] he initially gained attention for being from South Ossetia due to the [[2008 South Ossetia war]].<ref>[http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/11/sports/AS-OLY-WEI-South-Ossetian.php ''International Herald Tribune'']</ref> He publicly announced that he no longer wanted to represent Georgia and moved to Poland afterwards.<ref>[http://ossetians.com/rus/news.php?newsid=1086 Арсен Касабиев - Ossetians.com]</ref>

He was granted Polish citizenship in December 2009;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://polskasztanga.prv.pl/ |title=Polska Sztanga - Polish Weightlifting |accessdate=2010-03-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100306035627/http://polskasztanga.prv.pl/ |archivedate=2010-03-06 }}</ref> he now represents Poland.

He represented Poland at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]], in the event [[Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 94 kg|Weightlifting Men's 94 kg]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.london2012.com/weightlifting/event/men-94kg/index.html |title=Men's 94kg |work=london2012.com |accessdate=4 August 2012 |archive-date=1 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501192042/http://www.london2012.com/weightlifting/event/men-94kg/index.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> He did not finish, owing to an injury.

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{IWF|285|Arsen Kasabijew}}
* {{IWRP|15055|Arsen Kasabijew}}
* {{Lift Up|1096|Arsen Kasabiev}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|arsen-kasabiev|Arsen Kasabiev}}
* {{Olympedia|name=Arsen Kasabijew}}

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[[Category:1987 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Polish male weightlifters]]
[[Category:Male weightlifters from Georgia (country)]]
[[Category:Olympic weightlifters for Poland]]
[[Category:Olympic weightlifters for Georgia (country)]]
[[Category:Weightlifters at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Weightlifters at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Weightlifters at the 2012 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Naturalized citizens of Poland]]
[[Category:Polish people of Ossetian descent]]
[[Category:Emigrants from Georgia (country) to Poland]]
[[Category:European Weightlifting Championships medalists]]
[[Category:Polish people of Georgian descent]]
[[Category:Olympic medalists in weightlifting]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medalists for Georgia (country)]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Tskhinvali]]
[[Category:21st-century Polish sportsmen]]


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