Iryna Mikhailauna Kulesha (Belarusian: Ірына Міхайлаўна Кулеша, born 26 June 1986 in Brest, Belarus or in Oberovshina)[1] is a Belarusian weightlifter.
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| Full name | Iryna Mikhailovna Kulesha | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Belarus | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 June 1986 (age 37)[1] Brest, Belarus | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (163 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 165 lb (75 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career edit
Kulesha originally won an Olympic bronze medal in the under 75 kg weight category at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[2][3] She was coached by Viktor Shilay.[1] On 21 November 2016, the IOC disqualified six medal winners in weightlifting for failing doping tests at the 2012 Games, including Kulesha, who was stripped of her medal.[4]
Four days earlier, on 17 November 2016, the IOC had disqualified Kulesha from the 2008 Olympic Games and struck her results from the record for failing a drugs test in a re-analysis of her doping sample from 2008.[5]
References edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Iryna Kulesha.
- ^ a b c Iryna Kulesha - Weightlifting - Olympic Athlete Archived 2012-08-01 at the Wayback Machine. London 2012. Retrieved on 2013-01-25.
- ^ Women's 75kg - Olympic Weightlifting Archived 2012-12-09 at archive.today. London 2012. Retrieved on 2013-01-25.
- ^ Irina Kulesha Archived 2012-12-13 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
- ^ "IOC sanctions 12 athletes for failing anti-doping test at London 2012". International Olympic Committee. 21 Nov 2016. Retrieved 2016-11-21.
- ^ "IOC sanctions 16 athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008". IOC. Retrieved 17 November 2016.