Igor Bour, also known as Igor Lazăr or Igor Lazăr-Bour[1] (born 18 December 1984) is a male weightlifter from Moldova. He is best known for winning the title at the 2007 European Championships in the men's – 56 kg division, defeating Vitali Dzerbianiou (second) and Igor Grabucea. At the 2008 European Championships he defeated Halil Mutlu and won gold medal with body weight, but later revealed he used metandienone.[2] He gave 4-year ban. After he return, he won silver medal at the 2013 European Championships,[3] but failed doping again. According to the IWF rules, after the second doping violation Bour was banned for life by the IWF.[1][4]

Igor Bour
Personal information
Born (1984-12-18) 18 December 1984 (age 39)
Medal record
Men’s Weightlifting
Representing  Moldova
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Strasbourg – 56 kg
Disqualified 2008 Lignano –56 kg
Disqualified 2013 Tirana – 62 kg

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  1. ^ a b UNIMEDIA. "Halterofilul moldovean Igor Bour a fost descalificat pe viaţă pentru dopaj". Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  2. ^ "IGOR BOUR ODSŁANIA KULISY DOPINGOWEJ WPADKI!" (in Polish). polska-sztanga.pl. 5 June 2008. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  3. ^ Bour și-a revenit după suspendarea de patru ani și a devenit vicecampion european, ziarulnational.md (in Romanian)
  4. ^ "(RUȘINE) Halterofilul Igor Bour a fost SUSPENDAT pe VIAȚĂ din sport". 22 August 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2017.

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