Olga Zubova
Medal record
Representing  Russia
Women's Weightlifting
World Championships
Disqualified2015 Houston−75 kg
Disqualified2013 Wrocław−75 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2012 Antalya−75 kg
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place2013 Kazan−75 kg

Olga Zubova (born 9 December 1993) is a Russian weightlifter.[1]

Career

After coming back from a 2-year suspension and not having been defeated for gold in any competition until the World Weightlifting Championships in Houston, USA 2015, this immensely talented athlete was the prime candidate to lead the Russian women's 75 kg class for gold in the 2016 Olympics until she was suspended for drug violations once again.

She competed in the 2013 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 75 kg convincing winning the Gold medal but then got disqualified for using a banned substance, Clomiphene, in competition that resulted in her 1st suspension[2]

She returned to competition at the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships in Houston, Texas and took bronze in women's 75 kg, where she failed a doping control again.[3]

In May 2016, Olga Zubova has been banned for eight years for doping.[4][5]

Since being banned she has participated in the relative new sport CrossFit that stresses a combination of various athletic movements requiring great muscle endurance. She purportedly had in training(while suspended) exceeded all world records in 75 kg class with a snatch over 135 kg & clean&jerk 175 kg.

References

  1. ↑ "ZUBOVA OLGA". iwf.sport. Archived from the original on 5 September 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  2. ↑ "Sanctioned athletes | International Weightlifting Federation". Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
  3. ↑ Team, BarBend (11 April 2016). "Olga Zubova Jerks 180 Kilos, Reminds Us All How It's Done". BarBend. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  4. ↑ "Champion weightlifter Lovchev slapped with doping ban". sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  5. ↑ "World champion among 4 Russian weightlifters caught doping". The Washington Times. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
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