Nastassia Novikava
 Nastassia Novikava (centre), on a pre-stamped envelope of Belarus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | November 16, 1981 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Belarus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 58kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Viktor Shilay | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Updated on 27 October 2016. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nastassia Novikava (Belarusian: Настасся Новікава) (born November 16, 1981 in Zhodzina, Byelorussian SSR) is a world championship winning weightlifter from Belarus.
Career
At the 2004 Summer Olympics Novikava ranked fifth in the 53 kg class.[1] At the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships she won the silver medal in the 53 kg class, lifting a total of 213 kg.[1]
She initially won the bronze medal in the women's 53 kg event at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[2]
After 2008, Novikava moved up to the -58 kg category.
She won the 2010 European Championship with a personal best of 238 kg. In 2011, she won the world championship with a total of 237 kg.[3]
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she finished 7th with a total of 230 kg.[4]
In 2016, she was stripped of her 2008 Olympic medal after a retest of her doping sample tested positive for steroids.[5]
Notes and references
- 1 2 "NOVIKAVA Nastassia". International Weightlifting Federation.
- ↑ "NOVIKAVA Nasstasia". International Weightlifting Federation.
- ↑ "2011 World Championship Results" (PDF). www.iwf.net. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
- ↑ "London 2012 - Weightlifting - Women's -58 kg". www.sports-reference.com. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
- ↑ "9 Olympians, including 6 medallists, caught for Beijing doping". cbc.ca. 26 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016.