Milka Maneva

Milka Maneva (Bulgarian: Милка Манева; born 7 June 1985 in Smolyan, Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian female weighlifter.[1] She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's 63 kg, finishing in 5th place.[2] Maneva also qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics but she was one of eleven Bulgarian weightlifters to test positive for a banned steroid two months prior to the games.[3] Bulgaria withdrew its whole team from the Olympic competition and Maneva received a four-year ban from competition.[3][4]

References

  1. "Milka Maneva". London 2012. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 2013-05-02. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
  2. "Milka Maneva". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
  3. 1 2 Associated Press (2008-06-28). "Bulgaria pulls Olympic weightlifters for doping". USA Today. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  4. "Sanctions for Bulgarian weightlifters tested positive for doping". Bulgaria Gazette. 12 September 2008. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
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