Nastassia Novikava
Nast*ia Novikava (Belarusian: Настасся Новікава) (born November 16, 1981 in Zhodzina, Byelorussian SSR) is a world championship winning weightlifter from Belarus.
Career
At the 2004 Summer Olympics Novikava ranked fifth in the 53:kg cl*. At the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships she won the silver medal in the 53:kg cl*, lifting a total of 213:kg.
She initially won the bronze medal in the women's 53 kg event at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
After 2008, Novikava moved up to the -58:kg category.
She won the 2010 European Championship with a personal best of 238:kg. In 2011, she won the world championship with a total of 237:kg.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she finished 7th with a total of 230:kg.
In 2016, she was stripped of her 2008 Olympic medal after a retest of her doping sample tested positive for *s.
Notes and references
External links
- Athlete bio at official Olympics site