Boyanka Kostova

Boyanka Kostova
Personal information
Born (1993-05-10) May 10, 1993 (age 31)[1]
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Height1.50 m (4 ft 11 in)[1]
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
Medal record
Women's Weightlifting
Representing  Azerbaijan
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 HoustonΔ –58 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Antalya –58 kg
Gold medal – first place 2015 TbilisiΔ –58 kg
Gold medal – first place 2016 FørdeΔ –58 kg
Disqualified 2021 Moscow -59 kg
Representing  Bulgaria
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2010 Minsk –53 kg
Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Singapore –53 kg

Boyanka Kostova (Bulgarian: Боянка Костова, born 10 May 1993) is a Bulgarian-born naturalized Azerbaijani weightlifter.[2] She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's 58 kg, finishing in fifth place.[3]

Career

In June 2016, following the Russian doping scandal, it was announced by IWF that retests of the samples taken from the 2012 Olympics indicated that Kostova had tested positive for prohibited substances, namely Dehydrochloromethyltestosterone and Stanozolol, meaning she lost all results and medals earned from the date of the sample in 2012 to 2016.[4] In November 2016 the IOC Disciplinary Commission disqualified Kostova from the 2012 Olympic Games.[5]

In May 2021, shortly after the European Championships in which she took gold,[6] Kostova tested positive for the banned substance Stanozolol again. In October 2021, she was banned for eight years as it was her second doping violation.[7][8][9]

In the beginning of 2022 she was arrested for drug traffic in Bulgaria. She was sentenced to 3 years of prison, but her sentence was shorten until November 2022 in order to start a coaching career and study to NSA under Lachezar Kishkilov, who was her coach, surveillance. [10]

In pop culture

A trap musical band from Galicia, Spain, took its name from the athlete.

References

  1. ^ a b "Boyanka Kostova". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Athletes Switching Nationalities in Spotlight at London Olympics". Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  3. ^ "Boyanka Kostova". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  4. ^ IWF public disclosures
  5. ^ "IOC sanctions seven athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008 and London2012". International Olympic Committee. 25 Nov 2016. Retrieved 2016-12-08.
  6. ^ Shefferd, Neil (5 April 2021). "Kostova wins closely fought women's 59kg category on third day of European Weightlifting Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  7. ^ Oliver, Brian (1 October 2021). "Weightlifter Kostova suspended for eight years - after life bans for doctor and coach". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  8. ^ "International Testing Agency-The ITA asserts apparent anti-doping rule violation against Azerbaijani weightlifter". International Testing Agency. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  9. ^ Oliver, Brian (23 May 2021). "Olympic Games weightlifting doper Kostova tests positive again". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  10. ^ Световна шампионка в Сливенския затвор за разпространение на наркотици

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