Farkhad Kharki (born 20 April 1991) is a Kazakhstani

Olympic weightlifter Olympic weightlifting, or Olympic-style weightlifting (officially named Weightlifting), is a sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ground to overhead, with each athlete trying to successfully lift ...

. He represented his country at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

where he won a bronze medal in the –62 kg event. Kharki was suspended for 2 years from July 2013 after testing positive for

metenolone Metenolone, or methenolone, is an androgen and anabolic steroid (AAS) which is used in the form of esters such as metenolone acetate (brand name Primobolan, Nibal) and metenolone enanthate (brand name Primobolan Depot, Nibal Injection). Metenolo ...

in a

doping test A drug test is a technical analysis of a biological specimen, for example urine, hair, blood, breath, sweat, or oral fluid/saliva—to determine the presence or absence of specified parent drugs or their metabolites. Major applications of drug ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kharki, Farkhad 1991 births Living people Kazakhstani male weightlifters Weightlifters at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic weightlifters of Kazakhstan Olympic bronze medalists for Kazakhstan Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in weightlifting Doping cases in weightlifting Kazakhstani sportspeople in doping cases 21st-century Kazakhstani people