Ivan Markov ( Bulgarian: Иван Марков; born 14 September 1988) is a

Bulgaria Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...

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competing in the 85 kg category. He is the younger brother of former world champion weightlifter

Georgi Markov Georgi Ivanov Markov ( ; 1 March 1929 – 11 September 1978) was a Bulgarian dissident writer. He originally worked as a novelist, screenwriter and playwright in his native country, the People's Republic of Bulgaria, until his defection in 196 ...

. He placed fifth at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

. Markov also qualified for the

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but he was one of eleven Bulgarian weightlifters who tested positive for a banned

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two months prior to the games. Bulgaria withdrew its whole team from the Olympic competition and Markov received a four-year ban from competition.

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* * * 1988 births Bulgarian sportspeople in doping cases Bulgarian male weightlifters Doping cases in weightlifting Living people Olympic weightlifters for Bulgaria Weightlifters at the 2012 Summer Olympics World Weightlifting Championships medalists European Weightlifting Championships medalists 21st-century Bulgarian sportsmen {{Bulgaria-weightlifting-bio-stub