Valentin Xristov

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Valentin Christow Snechew (born March 30, 1994 in Shumen / Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian or Azerbaijani weightlifter . He won at the 2012 Olympic Games , a London bronze medal in the bantamweight to him because of doping was revoked.

Career

Valentin Christow started lifting weights as a teenager in Bulgaria. He developed very quickly because of his talent and took part in an international championship in Chiangmai for the first time in May 2009, the Junior World Championship (U17) in the weight class up to 50 kg body weight. He achieved it in a duel 193 kg (90-103) and came in 5th place. In September 2009 he started at the European Junior Championship (U17) in Eilat / Israel. In the weight class up to 50 kg he came back to a duel performance of 193 kg (90-103), with the second place behind his compatriot Stefan Wasilew Mazarow, who came to 201 kg (91-110).

After the Bulgarian Weightlifting Association's public funding was canceled in 2010 due to constant violation of the doping ban, Bulgarian weightlifting was practically on the brink of end. For this reason, a number of Bulgarian weightlifters and trainers moved to Azerbaijan, where they received better financial resources than in Bulgaria. The Azerbaijani Weightlifting Association is said to have paid the equivalent of 450,000 euros for the release of Valentin Christow Snechew. Since January 1, 2011, Valentin Christow has started for Azerbaijan. There the former Bulgarian world champion Slatan Wanew , also a multiple doping offender, became his trainer.

At the 2011 World Cup in Paris, he started for Azerbaijan for the first time. In the bantamweight he reached 276 kg (122-154) in a duel and thus won the bronze medal in a duel and the bronze medal with his performance of 154 kg in jerking.

In 2012, Valentin Christow was European bantamweight champion in Antalya with a duel of 280 kg (125-155). In addition, he won an EM gold medal with his individual performances in snatching and pushing. At the Olympic Games this year in London, he increased his bantam weight to 286 kg (127–159), winning behind Om Yun-chol , North Korea, 293 kg (125–168) and Wu Jingbao , China, 289 kg (122–168). 156) an Olympic bronze medal (retrospectively revoked in 2019).

At the 2013 European Championships in Tirana, Christow was doped and sneaked into featherweight with his duel performance of 312 kg (137-175) the European championship title in duels, tearing and pushing.

In May 2013 he became Junior World Champion (U 20) in Lima in featherweight. He achieved 316 kg in a duel (138-178) and thus also won the individual World Championship title in the tear and push.

doping

The later evaluation of the doping sample taken at the European Championships in Tirana showed that Xristov was doped with dehydrochloromethyl testosterone. He was then withdrawn from the international weightlifting federation IWF because of doping all titles and medals won at the 2013 European Championship and the 2013 Junior World Championship. He was also banned from all competitions from April 9, 2013 to April 9, 2015. Based on the test results of doping samples taken at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, Xristov, like four other weightlifters, was suspended by the world association IMF on December 23, 2018 . The International Olympic Committee announced the final withdrawal of the medal on March 29, 2019 .

International success

year space competition Weight class Results
2009 5. Junior World Championships (U17) in Chiangmai up to 50 kg with 193 kg (90–103), winner: Lu Yuntao, China, 213 kg (93–120)
2009 2. Junior European Championship (U17) in Eilat / Israel up to 50 kg with 193 kg (90–103) behind Stefan Wasilew Mazarow, Bulgaria, 201 kg (91–110)
2011 3. World Cup in Paris Bantam with 276 kg (122–154), behind Wu Jingbao , China, 292 kg (133–159) and Zhab Chaojun, China, 284 kg (128–156)
2012 1. EM in Antalya Bantam with 280 kg (125–155), ahead of Oleg Sirghi , Moldova, 262 kg (116–146) and Gochan Kilic, Turkey, 257 kg (121–136)
2012 1. IMF Grand Prix in Baku feather with 302 kg (132–170), before Umurbek Bazarbajew, Turkmenistan, 282 kg (130–152) and Zulfugar Suleymanow, Azerbaijan, 280 kg (122–158)
2013 disq. EM in Tirana feather with 312 kg (137–175) originally 1st in duels, snatching and pushing; but subsequently disqualified for doping
2013 disq. Junior World Championships (U 20) in Lima feather with 316 kg (138–178) originally 1st in duels, tearing and pushing; but subsequently disqualified for doping

WM + EM individual medals

  • World Cup bronze medal: 2011 / pushing
  • EM gold medals: 2012 / tearing - 2012 / pushing
Explanations
  • all competitions in single combat, consisting of snatching and pushing
  • Bantam weight, weight class up to 56 kg, feather weight, up to 62 kg body weight
  • OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ IOC subsequently disqualified three athletes for doping
  2. ↑ Quintet suspended due to positive doping tests. ORF , December 23, 2018, accessed on the same day.
  3. ↑ IOC sanctions three athletes for failing anti-doping tests at London 2012. International Olympic Committee , March 29, 2019, accessed April 18, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Xristov, Valentin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Christow Snechew, Valentin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bulgarian or Azerbaijani weightlifter
DATE OF BIRTH March 30, 1994
PLACE OF BIRTH Shumen , Bulgaria