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

Mariya Grabovetskaya
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  Kazakhstan
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2014 Incheon +75 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Guangzhou +75 kg
Olympic Games
Disqualified 2008 Beijing +75 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Dubai +75 kg

Career

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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

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  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.
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