Mitko Grablev

Bulgarian weightlifter
Mitko Grablev
Personal information
BornSeptember 21, 1964 (1964-09-21) (age 59)
Pazardzhik or Panagyurishte [contradiction], Bulgaria[1]
Medal record
Men's Weightlifting
Representing  Bulgaria
Olympic Games
Disqualified 1988 Seoul 56 kg
World Weightlifting Championships
Gold medal – first place 1986 Sofia 56 kg
European Weightlifting Championships
Gold medal – first place 1987 Reims 56 kg
Gold medal – first place 1988 Cardiff 56 kg
Bronze medal – third place 1986 Karl-Marx-Stadt 56 kg
IWF World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1987 Pazardzhik 60 kg
Junior World Weightlifting Championships
Gold medal – first place 1984 Lignano Sabbiadoro 56 kg
Junior European Weightlifting Championships
Gold medal – first place 1984 Lignano Sabbiadoro 56 kg
Balkan Weightlifting Championships
Gold medal – first place 1983 Thessaloniki 56 kg
Gold medal – first place 1984 Kikinda 56 kg
Gold medal – first place 1985 Plovdiv 56 kg

Mitko Todorov Grablev (Bulgarian: Митко Тодоров Гръблев) is a Bulgarian weightlifter who competed for Bulgaria. He is world and twice European champion and world record holder. He originally claimed the gold medal in Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 56 kg but was disqualified after he tested positive for furosemide. It became a scandal after another Bulgarian weightlifter Angel Guenchev, who also originally claimed a gold medal in weightlifting, was disqualified for failing drug testing and a positive result for the doping agent furosemide. The Bulgarian weightlifting team was forced to withdraw midway from the weightlifting competition.[2][3][4][5]

References

  1. ^ "Mitko Grablev". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  2. ^ "HE Seoul Olympics: Weight Lifting; Team Lifted After 2d Drug Test Is Failed". The New York Times. 24 September 1998. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Bulgaria's weightlifters expelled from games". The Guardian. 23 September 2000. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  4. ^ "The Seoul Games / Day 8: Bulgaria's Weightlifting Team Withdraws After Drug Suspensions". Los Angeles Times. 24 September 1988. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  5. ^ "2nd Weightlifter Banned, Bulgaria Pulls Team". Washington Post. 24 September 1988. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
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World Champions in Weightlifting – Men's Bantamweight
  • 56 kg (1947–1991)
  • 59 kg (1993–1997)
  • 56 kg (1998–2017)
  • 61 kg (2018–)
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