title: Valeri Sarava
text: # Valeri Sarava
  
  Valeriane "Valeri" Sarava (born January 16, 1978) is a retired male weightlifter from Georgia. He qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, where he ended up in 16th place in the men's super heavyweight division (+ 105 kg). He stayed in Australia, took out Australian citizenship, and won a silver medal in the men's heavyweight division (105 kg) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.
  
  ## Major results
  
  | Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank |
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  | Year | Venue | Weight | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | Total | Rank |
  | Representing Australia |||||||||||||
  | Commonwealth Games |||||||||||||
  | 2006 | Melbourne, Australia | 105 kg | 142 | 147 | 150 | 2 | 180 | 183 | 195 | 2 | 333 | |
  | Representing Georgia |||||||||||||
  | Olympic Games |||||||||||||
  | 2000 | Sydney, Australia | +105 kg | 170.0 | 170.0 | 177.5 | 18 | 210.0 | 215.0 | 220.0 | 15 | 385.0 | 16 |
  | World Championships |||||||||||||
  | 1999 | Athens, Greece | 105 kg | 162.5 | 162.5 | 162.5 | — | 200.0 | 210.0 | 210.0 | 24 | — | — |
  | Junior World Championships |||||||||||||
  | 1998 | Sofia, Bulgaria | 105 kg | 150.0 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 5 | 185.0 | 192.5 | 197.5 | 5 | 352.5 | 4 |
  | 1995 | Warsaw, Poland | 91 kg | 140.0 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 8 | 170.0 | 175.0 | 180.0 | 11 | 325.0 | 10 |
  