Valentin Hristov ( bg, Валентин Христов, az, Valentin Xristov, born 30 March 1994) is a Bulgarian naturalized Azerbaijani

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 lif ...

. He was initially awarded and subsequently stripped of a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, which would have been Azerbaijan's first-ever Olympic medal in this discipline. Hristov's personal trainer is

Zlatan Vanev Zlatаn Vanev Vasilev (original name: Златан Ванев Василев, born in Shumen) is a Bulgarian male weightlifter, competing in the 85 kg category and representing Bulgaria at international competitions. He participated at the 1996 ...

. He has been competing for

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of t ...

since 2011.

Doping

As a result of a positive drug test for Dehydromethyltestosterone (

turinabol Chlorodehydromethyltestosterone (CDMT; brand name Oral Turinabol), also known as 4-chloro-17β-hydroxy17α-methylandrosta-1,4-dien-3-one, is an anabolic–androgenic steroid (AAS). It is the 4-chloro-substituted derivative of metandienone (dehyd ...

), he was disqualified from the 2013 European Championships and had received a two-year ban starting from the 9th of April 2013 till the 9th of April 2015. Four other athletes from the Azerbaijani team also tested positive and as a result the federation has been forced to pay a fine of $500,000. At the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships he was caught using

Nandrolone Nandrolone, also known as 19-nortestosterone, is an androgen and anabolic steroid (AAS) which is used in the form of esters such as nandrolone decanoate (brand name Deca-Durabolin) and nandrolone phenylpropionate (brand name Durabolin). Nandrolon ...

, he was the original bronze medalist but has since had his results disqualified. He is banned from the 14th of December 2015 to the 14th of December 2023, this being a longer suspension due to it being his second offense. He was among 6 other athletes from the Azerbaijani team that tested positive. On 22 December 2018, it was announced that as a consequence of the International Olympic Committee’s re-analysis program in connection with the 2012 London Olympic Games Hristov had tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs. In March 2019 he was disqualified from the 2012 Summer Olympics after the re-analysis of his samples, and was stripped of the bronze medal. Hristov tested positive for oralturinabol.IOC DISCIPLINARY COMMISSION DECISION REGARDING VALENTIN HRISTOV

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, 27 March 2019.

References

External links

Profile at sports-reference.com
1994 births Living people World Weightlifting Championships medalists Bulgarian male weightlifters Azerbaijani male weightlifters Azerbaijani sportspeople in doping cases Olympic weightlifters of Azerbaijan Weightlifters at the 2012 Summer Olympics Bulgarian emigrants to Azerbaijan Naturalized citizens of Azerbaijan Azerbaijani people of Bulgarian descent Doping cases in weightlifting Competitors stripped of Summer Olympics medals European Weightlifting Championships medalists People from Shumen {{Azerbaijan-weightlifting-bio-stub