Alan Tsagaev ( Bulgarian spelling of name: Алан Цагаев, born 13 September 1977) is a

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n origin who competed in the Men's 105 kg weight class at the

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and won a silver medal, lifting 422.5 kg in total. Tsagaev tested positive for a

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in 2008, and therefore Bulgaria's weightlifting federation withdrew its team from the

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. Eight members of the men's team and three women tested positive during out-of-competition tests conducted on 8 and 9 June. Apart from Tsagaev the athletes who tested positive were Ivailo Filev, Demir Demirev, Mehmed Fikretov,

Ivan Stoitsov Ivan Stoitsov (Иван Стоицов, born in Plovdiv) is a Bulgarian male weightlifter, competing in the 77 kg category and representing Bulgaria at international competitions. He participated at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the 77 kg event. H ...

, Ivan Markov,

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, Velichko Cholakov, Milka Maneva, Donka Mincheva and Gergana Kirilova.

References

After appealing ban, Bulgaria gets weightlifting medal

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* * * 1977 births Living people Bulgarian male weightlifters Weightlifters at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic weightlifters for Bulgaria Olympic silver medalists for Bulgaria Bulgarian sportspeople in doping cases Doping cases in weightlifting Place of birth missing (living people) World record setters in weightlifting Olympic medalists in weightlifting Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Ossetian sportspeople European Weightlifting Championships medalists World Weightlifting Championships medalists 21st-century Bulgarian sportsmen {{Bulgaria-weightlifting-bio-stub