Kirill Pavlov (born 13 September 1986 in Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union) is Kazakhstani weightlifter competing in the 77 kg category. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics, finishing 9th. He won the silver medal at the 2010 Asian Games.

He originally finished fourth in the clean and jerk and total at the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships, but gold medalist Daniel Godelli was disqualified after he tested positive for stanozolol use, giving Pavlov two bronze medal performances.

Kirill Pavlov (weightlifter)

He is notable in weightlifting for his unorthodox clean technique, with a very pronounced hitch at the hips and diving under the bar.

Kirill Pavlov (weightlifter)

Major results

References

Kazakhstani male weightlifters

1986 births

Living people

World Weightlifting Championships medalists

Weightlifters at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Olympic weightlifters for Kazakhstan

Kazakhstani people of Russian descent

Asian Games medalists in weightlifting

Weightlifters at the 2010 Asian Games

Asian Games silver medalists for Kazakhstan

Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games

20th-century Kazakhstani people

21st-century Kazakhstani people

Sportspeople from Almaty

Kirill Pavlov (weightlifter)