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Milka Maneva (Bulgarian: Милка Манева; born 7 June 1985 in Smolyan, Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian weightlifter.[1] She won the silver medal in the Women's 63 kg category at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She originally finished fifth, but was promoted to second after Maiya Maneza, Svetlana Tsarukayeva, and Sibel Şimşek were all disqualified.[2]

Milka Maneva
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  Bulgaria
Olympic Games
2012 London– 63 kg
European Weightlifting Championhips
2013 Tirana–63 kg
2014 Tel Aviv–69 kg

Maneva also qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics but she was one of eleven Bulgarian weightlifters to test positive for a banned steroid two months prior to the games.[3] Bulgaria withdrew its whole team from the Olympic competition and Maneva received a four-year ban from competition.[3][4]


References


  1. "Milka Maneva". London 2012. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 2 May 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Milka Maneva". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  3. Associated Press (28 June 2008). "Bulgaria pulls Olympic weightlifters for doping". USA Today. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  4. "Sanctions for Bulgarian weightlifters tested positive for doping". Bulgaria Gazette. 12 September 2008. Retrieved 11 August 2012.


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Милка Манева (болг. Милка Манева; род. 7 июня 1985, Смолян, Болгария) — болгарская тяжелоатлетка, выступавшая в весовой категории до 69 килограммов. Чемпионка Европы и серебряный призёр Олимпийских игр.


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