Ivan Markov
Ivan Markow ( Bulgarian Иван Марков ; born September 14, 1988 in Burgas ) is a Bulgarian weightlifter .
He won the bronze medal at the European Junior Championships in 2004, 2006 and 2007. 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 participated in the 2012 Olympic Games and reached fifth place in the class up to 85 kg. In 2013 he won the silver medal at both the European and World Championships. Since autumn 2012 he has also started for SV Germania Obrigheim , with which he became German team champion in 2013. In 2014 he became European champion and again vice world champion. Shortly before the European Championships in 2015 , he and ten other members of the Bulgarian national team tested positive for stanozolol and banned for 18 months.
Web links
- Iwan Markow in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- Ivan Markow at the Institute for Applied Training Science
- 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 September 26, 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.
- ^ First the shock, then the defeat fnweb.de March 25, 2015
- ↑ Doping: Bulgaria's weightlifter banned from the Olympics spiegel.de November 20, 2015
- ↑ Sanctioned Athletes iwf.net 2015
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| SURNAME | Markov, Ivan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Марков, Иван (Bulgarian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bulgarian weightlifter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 14, 1988 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Burgas |