Igor Bour, also known as Igor Lazăr or Igor Lazăr-Bour (born 18 December 1984) is a male

weightlifter Weightlifting or weight lifting generally refers to physical exercises and sports in which people lift weights, often in the form of dumbbells, barbells or machines. People engage in weightlifting for a variety of different reasons. These can ...

from

Moldova Moldova, officially the Republic of Moldova, is a Landlocked country, landlocked country in Eastern Europe, with an area of and population of 2.42 million. Moldova is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. ...

. He is best known for winning the title at the 2007 European Championships in the men's – 56 kg division, defeating

Vitali Dzerbianiou Vitali Dzerbianiou or Derbenev (; 5 August 1976 – 2 May 2022) was a Belarusian weightlifter. His personal best combined lift was 280 kg. He competed in Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 56 kg division but failed t ...

(second) and

Igor Grabucea Igor Grabucea (born 29 April 1976) is a Moldovan weightlifter. His personal best is 267.5 kg. He competed in Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics Weightlifting competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China were held from ...

. At the 2008 European Championships he defeated

Halil Mutlu Halil Mutlu (born Halil Aliev () on 14 July 1973 in Postnik, Bulgaria) is a former professional Turkish weightlifter with several World and Olympic championship titles. Mutlu is one of the six weightlifters who has achieved three consecutive ...

and won gold medal with body weight, but later revealed he used

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. He gave 4-year ban. After he return, he won silver medal at the 2013 European Championships, but failed doping again. According to the IWF rules, after the second doping violation Bour was banned for life by the IWF.

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