Iryna Kulesha

Iryna Kulesha
	Iryna Kulesha in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Iryna Mikhailovna Kulesha
Nationality	Belarus
Born	26 June 1986 (age 38); Brest, Belarus
Height	5 ft 4 in (163 cm)
Weight	165 lb (75 kg)
Medal record
Women's Weightlifting
Representing Belarus
Olympic Games
World Championships

Iryna Mikhailauna Kulesha (Template:Lang-be; born 26 June 1986 in Brest, Belarus or in Oberovshina^[1]) is a Belarusian weightlifter.

Career

Kulesha originally won an Olympic bronze medal in the under 75 kg weight category at the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[2]^[3] She was coached by Viktor Shilay.^[1] On 21 November 2016, the IOC disqualified six medal winners in weightlifting for failing doping tests at the 2012 Games, including Kulesha, who was stripped of her medal.^[4]

Four days earlier, on 17 November 2016, the IOC had disqualified Kulesha from the 2008 Olympic Games and struck her results from the record for failing a drugs test in a re-analysis of her doping sample from 2008.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Iryna Kulesha - Weightlifting - Olympic Athlete. London 2012. Retrieved on 2013-01-25.
^ Women's 75kg - Olympic Weightlifting. London 2012. Retrieved on 2013-01-25.
^ Irina Kulesha. sports-reference.com
^ "IOC sanctions 12 athletes for failing anti-doping test at London 2012". International Olympic Committee. 21 Nov 2016. Retrieved 2016-11-21.
^ "IOC sanctions 16 athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008". IOC. Retrieved 17 November 2016.

[r1-1] Iryna Kulesha - Weightlifting - Olympic Athlete. London 2012. Retrieved on 2013-01-25.

[2] Women's 75kg - Olympic Weightlifting. London 2012. Retrieved on 2013-01-25.

[3] Irina Kulesha. sports-reference.com

[IOC20161121-4] "IOC sanctions 12 athletes for failing anti-doping test at London 2012". International Olympic Committee. 21 Nov 2016. Retrieved 2016-11-21.

[5] "IOC sanctions 16 athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008". IOC. Retrieved 17 November 2016.

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