Ivailo Filew
Iwailo Filew ( Bulgarian Ивайло Филев ; born May 1, 1987 ) is a Bulgarian weightlifter .
Career
He was several times youth and junior European champion. In 2007 he reached fifth place in the class up to 62 kg at the European Championships . At the world championships in the same year he won the bronze medal. In June 2008, however, he was tested positive for metandienone during a doping control and then banned for four years. After his suspension, he reached sixth place in the class up to 69 kg at the 2013 European Championships . At the world championships in the same year he was fifth in the class up to 62 kg. In 2014 he won the gold medal at the European Championships . In March 2015, however, shortly before the European Championships, he again gave a positive doping test, this time he, like ten other members of the Bulgarian national team, was tested for stanozolol and banned for 18 months.
Web links
- Iwailo Filew at the Institute for Applied Training Science
- Profile on iwf.net
- Profile on iwrp.net
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sanctioned Athletes iwf.net 2008
- ↑ Doping: Bulgaria's weightlifter banned from the Olympics spiegel.de November 20, 2015
- ↑ Sanctioned Athletes iwf.net 2015
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Filew, Ivailo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Филев, Ивайло (Bulgarian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bulgarian weightlifter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 1, 1987 |