Maiya Salakharqyzy Maneza (Kazakh: Майя Салахарқызы Манеза; Russian: Майя Салахаровна Манеза; born 1 November 1985) is a Kazakhstani weightlifter. She initially won the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 63 kg category by lifting a combined weight of 245 kg and set a new Olympic record in the process.[1][2] She was later stripped of her Olympic medal after a failed drug test.
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| Born | 1 November 1985 (age 39) Tokmok, Kyrgyz SSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||
| Height | 1.61 m (5 ft 3+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) | ||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 姚丽 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 姚麗 | ||||||||||
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| Russian | Майя Салахаровна Манеза | ||||||||||
| Kazakh name | |||||||||||
| Kazakh | Майя Салахарқызы Манеза | ||||||||||
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| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||
| Event | 63 kg | ||||||||||
Medal record | |||||||||||
| Updated on 27 October 2016 | |||||||||||
Personal life
editManeza is a member of the ethnic Dungan minority. Born in Soviet Kyrgyzstan, she moved to Kazakhstan in 2007 and competes for Kazakhstan. Chinese media reported that she was born Yao Li (Chinese: 姚丽; pinyin: Yáo Lì, Dungan: Йо Ли) in Tayingzi Village, Wuhuanchi Town, Fuxin Mongol Autonomous County, Liaoning Province, and emigrated to Kazakhstan in 2008 along with Zulfiya Chinshanlo with the approval of Hunan sport officials on a lease contract.[3]
Following her Olympic medal win the People's Republic of China government news agency, Xinhua claimed that Maneza and fellow weightlifter Zulfiya Chinshanlo should be regarded as Chinese. The government of Kazakhstan rejected this claim and accused China of "poor sportsmanship".[4]
Failed drug tests
editIn June 2016, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) announced that retests of the samples taken from the 2012 London Games indicated that Maneza had tested positive for prohibited substances, namely stanazolol. The samples of three other Kazakhstanis also returned positive test results upon re-analysis: Zulfiya Chinshanlo, Svetlana Podobedova and Ilya Ilyin.[5] On 27 October 2016, the IOC stripped Maneza of her 2012 Olympic gold medal.[6]
In August 2016, the IWF reported that retests of the samples taken from the 2008 Beijing Games indicated that Maneza had returned an adverse analytical finding for stanazolol, she being among 15 weightlifters from Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Ukraine whose samples returned positive test results upon re-analysis. The three other Kazakhstanis were Mariya Grabovetskaya and Irina Nekrassova, whose Olympic medals were revoked by the IOC on 17 November 2016, and Vladimir Sedov.[7] The IOC also disqualified Maneza from the 2008 Olympic Games for failing a drugs test in a re-analysis of her doping sample from 2008, even though she withdrew from the competition before it was held.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Women's 63kg Weightlifting: Maiya Maneza Of Kazakhstan Takes Gold Medal". SB Nation. 31 July 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
- ^ Maiya Maneza. sports-reference.com
- ^ "马内扎被曝辽宁出生 湖南官员称其出走经总局同意". sina.com.cn. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
- ^ "London 2012: to lead in medals table, China "claims" two Kazakh golds". AsiaNews. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
- ^ IWF public disclosures 2016-06-15
- ^ "IOC SANCTIONS EIGHT ATHLETES FOR FAILING ANTI-DOPING TEST AT LONDON 2012". International Olympic Committee. 27 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ^ IWF public disclosures 2016-08-24
- ^ "IOC sanctions 16 athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008". IOC. Retrieved 17 November 2016.