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Izabela Dragneva-Rifatova (Bulgarian: Изабела Драгнева-Рифатова; born October 1, 1971, in Varna) is a retired weightlifter from Bulgaria, who is best known for being the first female weightlifter to be stripped of her medal and results and disqualified from an Olympic games for cheating. [1]
Sibby Flowers (born 1963) is a former Olympic style weightlifter for the United States.Her coach was John Coffee. She competed at the 44 kg then the 46 kg (after the weight classes were restructured) weight classes and holds the American records for the snatch (67.5 kg), clean & jerk (85 kg), and total (147.5 kg).
She also has two sisters, Katie and Beth. At the age of 12, she began weightlifting to strengthen her muscles for softball. [2] She graduated from Savannah Arts Academy in 2001 and received a degree from Savannah College of Art and Design in 2006. [3]
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At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo (held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic), Campbell became the first British female weightlifter to win a medal at the Olympics, with a silver in the women's +87 kg event. [8] [9] [10] Later that year, she went on to earn a bronze medal at the World Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. [11] [12]
Nataliya Kuznetsova, also spelled Natalia (née Trukhina; born July 1, 1991), is a Russian professional female bodybuilder and powerlifter. Kuznetsova began powerlifting at fourteen years of age in an attempt to gain muscle mass. [2] [3]
Anastasiia Serhiivna Lysenko (Ukrainian: Анастасія Сергіївна Лисенко; born 2 December 1995) is a Ukrainian weightlifter who competes in the +75 kg weight division. She won a silver medal at the 2015 European Championships and placed tenth at the 2016 Olympics. [2] [3] She took up weightlifting aged eight in Vuhledar. [1]
In 2023, she competed in the women's 59 kg event at the World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. [6] In August 2024, Magistris competed in the women's 59 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France. [7] She lifted 208 kg in total and finished in 11th place. [7]