Yuliya Kalina ( uk, Юлія Каліна; born October 24, 1988) is a Ukrainian weightlifter. She competed at the

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in the women's 58 kg.

Career

Kalina started weightlifting at the age of 12.Weightlifter's journey from teenage mother to Olympic medallist

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(26 February 2016) At 13 she joined Ukraine's junior weightlifting team. 2 years later Kalina became a

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with one daughter, Myroslava (born in 2003). Myroslava lives with her grandmother in

Mariupol Mariupol (, ; uk, Маріу́поль ; russian: Мариу́поль) is a city in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. It is situated on the northern coast ( Pryazovia) of the Sea of Azov, at the mouth of the Kalmius River. Prior to the 2022 Russia ...

, while her mother resides in

Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe. Ky ...

. On 13 July 2016, IOC announced that Yuliya Kalina has been disqualified from the

and ordered to return the bronze medal from the 58 kg weightlifting event. Reanalysis of Kalina's samples from London 2012 resulted in a positive test for the prohibited substance dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (

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). She has been disqualified for two years until 10 June 2018. Since 1 May 2017, she is married to Ukrainian weightlifter Ihor Shymechko.

References

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