Zhassulan Kydyrbayev ( kz, Қыдырбаев Жасұлан; born 28 September 1992) is a Kazakh
weightlifter
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He achieved 179 kg in snatch and 229 kg in clean and jerk, giving him a gold medal total of 408 kg at the
2014 World Weightlifting Championships
The 2014 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Baluan Sholak Sports Palace, Almaty, Kazakhstan. The event took place from November 8 to 16, 2014.
Medal summary Men
Women
Medal table
Ranking by Big (Total result) medals
Ranking ...
in his home town, in
Almaty
Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the List of most populous cities in Kazakhstan, largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to ...
. Kydyrbayev had come back from a two-year doping ban only three days prior. He was serving a period of ineligibility from 11 November 2012 to 11 November 2014 after having tested positive for the
anabolic steroid
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stanozolol
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[International Weightlifting Federation]
Sanctioned athletes
, iwf.net. Retrieved 16 November 2014
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1992 births
Living people
Kazakhstani male weightlifters
Kazakhstani sportspeople in doping cases
Doping cases in weightlifting
World Weightlifting Championships medalists
Sportspeople from Almaty
21st-century Kazakhstani people
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