Donka Mincheva
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Full name | Donka Mincheva |
Born | Karlovo, Bulgaria | 9 May 1973
Height | 150 cm (4 ft 11 in) |
Weight | 47.94 kg (105.7 lb) |
Sport | |
Country | ![]() |
Sport | Weightlifting |
Weight class | 48 kg |
Club | Metalik, Karlovo |
Team | National team |
Updated on 7 September 2016 |
Donka Mincheva (Донка Минчева, born Karlovo) is a Bulgarian former weightlifter, competing in the 48 kg category and representing Bulgaria at international competitions. She participated at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the 48 kg event. She competed at world championships, most recently at the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships.[1]
9 May 1973 inMincheva was one of eleven Bulgarian weightlifters to test positive for a banned steroid two months prior to the 2008 Summer Olympics.[2][3] Bulgaria withdrew its entire weightlifting team from the Olympic competition and Mincheva was banned from competing for four years.[2][4] She then gave up her passion for weightlifting and is now living on the low, dealing with an alcohol addiction.
Major results
[edit]Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
Summer Olympics | ||||||||||||
2000 | ![]() |
48 kg | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | |||
World Championships | ||||||||||||
2007 | ![]() |
48 kg | 67 | 70 | 22 | 86 | 89 | 20 | 159 | 19 | ||
2002 | ![]() |
53 kg | 87.5 | 5 | 110 | 5 | 197.5 | 5 | ||||
1999 | ![]() |
48 kg | 80 | 5 | 102.5 | 107.5 | 113.5 | ![]() |
192.5 | ![]() |
References
[edit]- ^ "2007 Weightlifting World Championships - Donka Mincheva". iwf.net. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
- ^ a b Associated Press (2008-06-28). "Bulgaria pulls Olympic weightlifters for doping". USA Today. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
- ^ The Sports Network. "Olympics". The Sports Network. Archived from the original on 2013-11-14. Retrieved 2012-07-24.
- ^ "Sanctions for Bulgarian weightlifters tested positive for doping". Bulgaria Gazette. 12 September 2008. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
External links
[edit]- Donka Mincheva at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
Categories:
- 1973 births
- Living people
- Bulgarian female weightlifters
- Weightlifters at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic weightlifters for Bulgaria
- People from Karlovo
- Sportspeople from Plovdiv Province
- World Weightlifting Championships medalists
- Doping cases in weightlifting
- 20th-century Bulgarian women
- 20th-century Bulgarian people
- 21st-century Bulgarian women
- 21st-century Bulgarian people
- Bulgarian weightlifting biography stubs