Iryna Kulesha

Iryna Mikhailauna Kulesha (Belarusian: Ірына Міхайлаўна Кулеша; born 26 June 1986 in Brest, Belarus or in Oberovshina[1]) is a Belarusian weightlifter.

Iryna Kulesha
Iryna Kulesha in 2012
Personal information
Full nameIryna Mikhailovna Kulesha
Nationality Belarus
Born26 June 1986 (1986-06-26) (age 34)[1]
Brest, Belarus
Height5 ft 4 in (163 cm)
Weight165 lb (75 kg)
Medal record
Women's Weightlifting
Representing  Belarus
Olympic Games
Disqualified 2012 London – 75 kg
World Championships
2011 Paris 75 kg (snatch)

Career

Kulesha originally won an Olympic bronze medal in the under 75 kg weight category at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[2][3] She was coached by Viktor Shilay.[1] On 21 November 2016, the IOC disqualified six medal winners in weightlifting for failing doping tests at the 2012 Games, including Kulesha, who was stripped of her medal.[4]

Four days earlier, on 17 November 2016, the IOC had disqualified Kulesha from the 2008 Olympic Games and struck her results from the record for failing a drugs test in a re-analysis of her doping sample from 2008.[5]

References
  1. Iryna Kulesha - Weightlifting - Olympic Athlete Archived 2012-08-01 at the Wayback Machine. London 2012. Retrieved on 2013-01-25.
  2. Women's 75kg - Olympic Weightlifting Archived 2012-12-09 at Archive.today. London 2012. Retrieved on 2013-01-25.
  3. Irina Kulesha Archived 2012-12-13 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
  4. "IOC sanctions 12 athletes for failing anti-doping test at London 2012". International Olympic Committee. 21 Nov 2016. Retrieved 2016-11-21.
  5. "IOC sanctions 16 athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008". IOC. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
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