Mariya Grabovetskaya

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Mariya Grabovetskaya
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
Asian Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Incheon +75 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2010 Guangzhou +75 kg
Olympic Games
Disqualified 2008 Beijing +75 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2005 Dubai +75 kg

Mariya Grabovetskaya (born 10 April 1987) is a female weightlifter from Kokshetau, Kazakhstan.

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Career

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]

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References

  1. "GRABOVETSKAYA Mariya". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011.
  2. "Tears instead of dreams for Samoan", Reuters, 16 August 2008
  3. "IOC sanctions 16 athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008". IOC . Retrieved 17 November 2016.