Ibragim Samadov

Ibragim Berkmanovich Samadov (Ибрагим Беркманович Самадов) born July 18, 1968 in Pervomayskaya, Chechenskaya Respublika, USSR is a former Olympic weightlifter. In transition at the end of the Soviet Union, he represented the Unified Team at the 1992 Olympics in the 82.5 kg division. At the medal ceremony, Samadov refused to lean forward to accept his medal, instead taking it in his hand, before he dropped it to the podium and walked away to very loud boos. He was ineligible for the , since making a medal ceremony protest was an offence to the entire Olympic Games.

Ibragim Samadov

Ibragim Berkmanovich Samadov (Ибрагим Беркманович Самадов) born July 18, 1968 in Pervomayskaya, Chechenskaya Respublika, USSR is a former Olympic weightlifter. In transition at the end of the Soviet Union, he represented the Unified Team at the 1992 Olympics in the 82.5 kg division. At the medal ceremony, Samadov refused to lean forward to accept his medal, instead taking it in his hand, before he dropped it to the podium and walked away to very loud boos. He was ineligible for the , since making a medal ceremony protest was an offence to the entire Olympic Games.