Mechmed Fikretow
Mechmed Fikretow (born November 18, 1986 ) is a Bulgarian weightlifter . He belongs to the Turkish minority in Bulgaria .
Career
He won the bronze medal in the class up to 69 kg at the 2005 European Championships and came sixth at the 2005 World Championships. In 2006 he was fourth at the EM. At the World Championships in 2006 and 2007, he ended up in seventh place. At the European Championships in 2008 he again won bronze. Shortly before the 2008 Olympic Games, he was tested positive for metandienone in a doping control and banned for four years.
Web links
- Mechmed Fikretow 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 2015 ( Memento of the original from April 7, 2014 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.
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| SURNAME | Fikretow, Mechmed |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bulgarian weightlifter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 18, 1986 |