Azerbaijan competed at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia having won one silver medal. Powerlifter Gunduz Ismayilov who initially had won a gold medal in Men's -90kg competition lifting 240 kg to set a world record was stripped of it with his record nullified after testing positive for the anabolic steroid nandrolone.[1] Ismayilov subsequently was banned from the Paralympics for life in 2004 after testing positive for stanazolol in the 2004 Summer Paralympics.[2]
Azerbaijan at the 2000 Summer Paralympics | |
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IPC code | AZE |
NPC | National Paralympic Committee of Azerbaijan |
Website | www |
in Sydney | |
Competitors | 7 |
Medals Ranked 60th |
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Summer Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
Other related appearances | |
Soviet Union (1988) Unified Team (1992) |
Medalists
editMedal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
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Silver | Yelena Taranova | Shooting | Mixed free pistol - SH1 | 24 October |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Paralympic drug cheats beat Olympic record Archived 17 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine. SABC News. Retrieved 16 September 2008
- ^ Two powerlifters test positive for banned substances. USA Today. 22 September 2004. Retrieved 16 September 2008
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