| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 12 March 1994 |
| Sport | |
| Country | Uzbekistan |
| Sport | Paralympic powerlifting |
Medal record | |
Ruza Kuzieva (born 12 March 1994) [1] is an Uzbekistani Paralympic powerlifter. She won the silver medal in the women's 61 kg event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan. [2] [3] She won the gold medal in the women's 55 kg event at the 2018 Asian Para Games and she is a two-time medalist at the World Para Powerlifting Championships.
In 2013, Kuzieva was banned for two years after testing positive for metandienone, a banned substance. [4] A few years later, in 2016, she tested positive for meldonium but she was not banned at that time. [5]
Kuzieva won the bronze medal in the women's 55 kg event at the 2017 World Para Powerlifting Championships held in Mexico City, Mexico. At the 2019 World Para Powerlifting Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, she won the silver medal in the women's 61 kg event. [6]
| Year | Venue | Weight | Attempts (kg) | Total | Rank | |||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Summer Paralympics | ||||||||||||
| 2021 | Tokyo, Japan | 61 kg | 130 | 130 |  | |||||||
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