Demir Demirew
Demir Demirew (born August 31, 1984 ) is a Bulgarian weightlifter . He belongs to the Turkish minority in Bulgaria .
He won the gold medal in the class up to 69 kg at the European Championships in 2005 . In 2006 he became Vice European Champion. At the 2006 World Championships , he won bronze. He was also third at the 2007 World Championships with a personal best of 448.0 kg. Shortly before the 2008 Olympic Games, he was tested positive for metandienone in a doping control and banned for four years. After his suspension, he reached ninth place in the class up to 77 kg at the 2014 World Championships . In 2015, however, he was tested positive for stanozolol during a training check shortly before the European Championships, as were ten other members of the Bulgarian national team and suspended for 18 months.
Web links
- Demir Demirew at the Institute for Applied Training Science
- Profile on iwf.net
- Profile on iwrp.net
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bulgaria pulls Olympic weightlifters for doping usatoday.com June 27, 2008
- ↑ Sanctioned athletes iwf.net 2008 ( Memento of the original from March 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Doping: Bulgaria's weightlifter banned from the Olympics spiegel.de November 20, 2015
- ↑ Sanctioned Athletes iwf.net 2015
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Demirew, Demir |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bulgarian weightlifter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 31, 1984 |