Mariya Grabovetskaya
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's weightlifting | ||
Representing  Kazakhstan | ||
| Asian Games | ||
 | 2014 Incheon | +75 kg |
 | 2010 Guangzhou | +75 kg |
| Olympic Games | ||
| Disqualified | 2008 Beijing | +75 kg |
| Asian Championships | ||
 | 2005 Dubai | +75 kg |
Mariya Grabovetskaya (born 10 April 1987) is a female weightlifter from Kokshetau, Kazakhstan.
Career
[edit]She won the silver medal at the 2007 Junior World Championships, with a total of 277 kg.[1]
At the 2008 Summer Olympics she initially won the bronze medal in the +75 kg category, with a total of 270 kg.[2] On 17 November 2016 the IOC disqualified her from the 2008 Olympic Games, stripped her Olympic medal and struck her results from the record for failing a drugs test in a re-analysis of her doping sample from 2008.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "GRABOVETSKAYA Mariya". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011.
- ^ "Tears instead of dreams for Samoan", Reuters, 16 August 2008
- ^ "IOC sanctions 16 athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008". IOC. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
External links
[edit]- Athlete Biography at beijing2008
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