Darius Jokarzadeh

Darius Jokarzadeh

Personal information
Full name	Darius Asadullah Jokarzadeh
Born	(1993-06-25) 25 June 1993 Cardiff, Wales
Weight	127.17 kg (280.4 lb)
Sport
Country	Great Britain Wales
Sport	Weightlifting
Weight class	105 kg
Team	National team
Medal record Representing Wales Men's weightlifting Commonwealth Championships 2011 Cape Town 105 kg
Updated on 13 December 2017

Darius Jokarzadeh (born (1993-06-25)25 June 1993) is a Welsh male weightlifter, competing in the 105 kg category.

Jokarzadeh was born in Cardiff to an Iranian father. He attended Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf, a secondary school that teaches through the medium of Welsh. He was a sport rower before taking up weightlifting.

As a junior he set an overall British records in Olympic weightlifting in the clean & jerk, lifting 215 kg at the World Junior Championships in Lima, Peru on 10 May 2013. He represented Wales at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the 105 kg event.

Major competitions

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
Representing Great Britain
European Championships
2016	Førde, Norway	105 kg	162	162	168	14	190	195	202	18	357	15
2013	Tirana, Albania	105 kg	165	173	178	9	190	197	202	9	375	9
2012	Antalya, Turkey	105 kg	155	155	155	16	180	185	185	15	340	15
Representing Wales
Commonwealth Games
2014	Glasgow, Scotland	105 kg	165	175	175	4	196	212	212	4	361	4
Commonwealth Championships
2011	Cape Town, South Africa	105 kg	125	131	135		155	161	165		286