Arsen Kasabiev
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Arsen Kasabiev (Georgian: Script error: No such module "Lang".; Template:Langx; born 15 November 1987 in Tskhinvali, South Ossetia) is a Polish-Georgian weightlifter of 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.[1] 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.[2] He publicly announced that he no longer wanted to represent Georgia and moved to Poland afterwards.[3]
He was granted Polish citizenship in December 2009;[4] he now represents Poland.
He represented Poland at the 2012 Summer Olympics, in the event Weightlifting Men's 94 kg.[5] He did not finish, owing to an injury.
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- 1987 births
- Living people
- Polish male weightlifters
- Male weightlifters from Georgia (country)
- Olympic weightlifters for Poland
- Olympic weightlifters for Georgia (country)
- Weightlifters at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Weightlifters at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Weightlifters at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Naturalized citizens of Poland
- Polish people of Ossetian descent
- Emigrants from Georgia (country) to Poland
- European Weightlifting Championships medalists
- Polish people of Georgian descent
- Olympic medalists in weightlifting
- Olympic silver medalists for Georgia (country)
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Tskhinvali
- 21st-century Polish sportsmen