Zulfiya Chinshanlo
Kazakh weightlifter
Zulfiya Salakharqyzy Chinshanlo (Kazakh: Zülfia Salaharqyzy Çinşanlo; Dungan and Russian: Зульфия Салахаровна Чиншанло; Chinese: 赵常玲 Zhào Cháng Líng; born 25 July 1993) is a Kazakhstani weightlifter. She is a three time world champion and Olympic bronze medalist.
Career
At the 2012 London Olympics, Chinshanlo won gold in the women's 53 kg weightlifting along with setting a new world record in the clean and jerk by lifting 131 kg.
However, she was stripped of her medal and her world record was invalidated after her blood sample tested positive for the banned steroids oxandrolone and stanozolol, and she was "provisionally suspended" by the International Weightlifting Federation. On 27 October 2016, the IOC stripped her of both her gold medal and world and Olympic records as a result of her doping positive.
Chinshanlo earned a gold medal at the 2014 World Championships. This was Kazakhstan's first podium finish at the competition.
In July 2021, she represented Kazakhstan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She won the bronze medal in the women's 55 kg event.
Nationality issues
On 8 November 2012, Kazakhstan London Olympic champion Zulfiya Chinshanlo got the Olympic Council of Asia award as the best Asian athlete, along with Ilya Ilyin and Olga Rypakova.
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