Rauli Tsirekidze or Raul Tsirek'idze ( ka, რაულ ცირეკიძე; born 24 May 1987, in
Kutaisi
Kutaisi (, ka, ქუთაისი ) is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world and the third-most populous city in Georgia, traditionally, second in importance, after the capital city of Tbilisi. Situated west of Tbilis ...
,
Georgian SSR) is a
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weightlifter competing in the 85 kg category. He participated in the
2008
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and
2012
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Summer Olympics.
On 21 November 2016 the
IOC
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disqualified him from the 2012 Olympic Games and struck his results from the record for failing a drugs test in a re-analysis of his doping sample from 2012.
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1987 births
Living people
Male weightlifters from Georgia (country)
Olympic weightlifters for Georgia (country)
Weightlifters at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Weightlifters at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Kutaisi
Doping cases in weightlifting
Sportspeople from Georgia (country) in doping cases
European Weightlifting Championships medalists
21st-century people from Georgia (country)
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