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Nastassia Novikava
Nastassia Novikava (centre), on a pre-stamped envelope of Belarus
Personal information
Born (1981-11-16) November 16, 1981 (age 43)
Height1.5 m (4 ft 11 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
Country Belarus
SportWeightlifting
Event58kg
Coached byViktor Shilay
Medal record
Women's Weightlifting
Representing  Belarus
Olympic Games
Disqualified 2008 Beijing – 53 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Paris – 58 kg
Silver medal – second place 2007 Chiang Mai – 53 kg
Silver medal – second place 2009 Goyang – 58 kg
Silver medal – second place 2010 Antalya – 58 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Sofia – 53 kg
Gold medal – first place 2009 Bucharest – 58 kg
Gold medal – first place 2010 Minsk – 58 kg
Gold medal – first place 2011 Kazan – 58 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Kiev – 53 kg
Updated on 27 October 2016

Nastassia Novikava (Template:Lang-be) (born November 16, 1981 in Zhodzina, Byelorussian SSR) is a world championship winning weightlifter from Belarus.

Career

At the 2004 Summer Olympics Novikava ranked fifth in the 53 kg class.[1] At the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships she won the silver medal in the 53 kg class, lifting a total of 213 kg.[1]

She initially won the bronze medal in the women's 53 kg event at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[2]

After 2008, Novikava moved up to the -58 kg category.

She won the 2010 European Championship with a personal best of 238 kg. In 2011, she won the world championship with a total of 237 kg.[3]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she finished 7th with a total of 230 kg.[4]

In 2016, she was stripped of her 2008 Olympic medal after a retest of her doping sample tested positive for steroids.[5]

Notes and references

  1. ^ a b "NOVIKAVA Nastassia". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 2011-05-27.
  2. ^ "NOVIKAVA Nasstasia". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 2011-05-27.
  3. ^ "2011 World Championship Results" (PDF). www.iwf.net. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  4. ^ "London 2012 - Weightlifting - Women's -58 kg". www.sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 9 October 2015. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  5. ^ "9 Olympians, including 6 medallists, caught for Beijing doping". cbc.ca. 26 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016.


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