Oleksiy Pavlovych Torokhtiy is a Ukrainianweightlifter, an Olympic Gold Medalist in weightlifting until disqualified for a doping offence, winner of World and European Championships. Participant of two Olympic Games. Oleksiy is also a Member of European Weightlifting FederationExecutive Committee, Deputy Chairman of Ukrainian National Olympic Commіttee Athletes Commission and the Vice-President of the Weightlifting Federation of Ukraine. Currently Oleksiy actively holds all over the world. Oleksiy is the founder of international sportswear and accessories . Oleksiy is an author and creator of series of and called .
Biography
Torokhtiy was born on May 22, 1986 in Zugres, Donetsk region, Ukraine. In 2003 he graduated from Kharkiv Regional Higher School of Physical Culture with a degree in Physical Education. In 2010 he graduated from Kharkiv Aviation Institute with a major in "Control system for flying machines and complexes" and was certified as an engineer. In 2014 he received a second degree in Zaporizhzhya National University, specializing in physical education and sports / weightlifting coach. In 2016, he founded the international brand of sportswear and accessories "Warm Body Cold Mind". It became famous for its slogan on t-shirts. "The shirt made its debut in his first media address in Florida, and was casually noted by the , , Yahoo! Sports and more, who failed to grasp what it means". As well Oleksiy Torokhtiy launched an .
Personal life
Oleksiy Torokhtiy is married to Daria who works as a guitar teacher. Oleksiy and Daria have a son Myron.
Sports career
Oleksiy started weightlifting in 2000. In 2005 he joined the Ukrainian national Olympic weightlifting team. In 2006, at the European Junior Championships, he became a bronze medalist in the snatch and clean & jerk. In 2007 he became the winner of the World Weightlifting Cup in Apia. In 2008, he became a participant of the XXIX Olympic Games in Beijing, where he became one of the 10 strongest athletes in the category of up to 105 kg. Due to a lack of financial support, he had to retire from competitive Olympic Weightlifting right after the Olympic Games 2008 in Beijing. 5 months after his retirement, he got a sponsor, that allowed him to continue with his professional career. In 2009 he became a silver medalist in European Championships in Bucharest. In 2010, he received the silver in clean & jerk and became the bronze medalist of the European Weightlifting Championships in Minsk. In 2011 in Paris, Oleksiy Torokhtiy became the bronze medalist of the World Championship. On August 6, 2012 in London Oleksiy became the Olympic Gold Medalist in weightlifting in the category 105 kg. On 22 December 2018, it was announced that as a consequence of the International Olympic Committee’s re-analysis program in connection with the 2012 London Olympic Games Oleksiy had tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs. and in December 2019 it was confirmed that he had been disqualified.
