Georgi Markow (weightlifter)

Georgi Markov
Personal information
Surname:	Georgi Markov
Nationality:	Bulgaria
Date of birth:	March 12, 1978
Place of birth:	Gorno Vershilo
Medal table

Georgi Markow ( Bulgarian Георги Марков ; born March 12, 1978 in Gorno Vershilo ) is a former Bulgarian weightlifter and world record holder in snatching with 165.0 kg in the class up to 69 kg.

Athletic career

Markow, the 2000 Olympic champion in the class up to 69 kg, was convicted of doping for the first time at the 2003 World Cup in Vancouver when he and two of his teammates, Galabin Bojewski and Zlatan Vanev, had given the same urine sample. He was then given an 18-month ban from competition.

In the run-up to the 2008 Olympic Games , Markov tested positive again with ten other Bulgarian lifters and the athlete, who started in the German Bundesliga, among others, was given a lifelong ban as a repeat offender.

Personal best

• Tear: 165.0 kg in the class up to 69 kg in 2000 in Sydney (current world record ).
• Tear: 172.0 kg in the class up to 85 kg in 2007 in Chiang Mai .
• Bump: 202.5 kg in the 77 kg class.
• Combat: 370.0 kg in the class up to 77 kg.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Alan Robinson: Five more positives to be announced. In: Union Tribune San Diego. August 18, 2004, accessed November 29, 2013 . 
2. ^ Petar Kostadinov: Sanctions for Bulgarian weightlifters tested positive for doping. In: The Sofia Echo. September 12, 2008, archived from the original on September 14, 2008 ; Retrieved November 13, 2009 . 

Web links

• Georgi Markow (weightlifter) at the Institute for Applied Training Science . Retrieved December 12, 2009
• Portrait on chidlovski.net (accessed December 12, 2009)
• Georgi Markow in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )