Ruza Kuzieva

Ruza Kuzieva

Personal information
Born	(1994-03-12) 12 March 1994 (age 30)
Sport
Country	Uzbekistan
Sport	Paralympic powerlifting
Medal record Paralympic Games 2020 Tokyo 61 kg 2024 Paris 73 kg World Championships 2019 Nur-Sultan 61 kg 2017 Mexico City 55 kg Asian Para Games 2018 Jakarta 55 kg

Ruza Kuzieva (born 12 March 1994)^[1] is an Uzbekistani Paralympic powerlifter. She won the silver medal in the women's 61 kg event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan.^[2][3] She won the gold medal in the women's 55 kg event at the 2018 Asian Para Games and she is a two-time medalist at the World Para Powerlifting Championships.

Career

In 2013, Kuzieva was banned for two years after testing positive for metandienone, a banned substance.^[4] A few years later, in 2016, she tested positive for meldonium but she was not banned at that time.^[5]

Kuzieva won the bronze medal in the women's 55 kg event at the 2017 World Para Powerlifting Championships held in Mexico City, Mexico. At the 2019 World Para Powerlifting Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, she won the silver medal in the women's 61 kg event.^[6]

Results

Year	Venue	Weight	Attempts (kg)			Total	Rank
			1	2	3
Summer Paralympics
2021	Tokyo, Japan	61 kg	126	126	130	130

References

1. "Ruza Kuzieva Profile". 2020 Summer Paralympics. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
2. Houston, Michael (28 August 2021). "Pérez wins fourth Paralympic gold with women's under-61kg powerlifting victory". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
3. "Women's 61 kg Results" (PDF). 2020 Summer Paralympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
4. Goddard, Emily (17 June 2013). "Uzbekistani powerlifter Kuzieva receives two-year ban for doping violation". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
5. Palmer, Dan (23 November 2016). "Powerlifter avoids drugs ban after failure for meldonium". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
6. Etchells, Daniel (15 July 2019). "World record holder Shevchuk takes gold at World Para Powerlifting Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 15 July 2019.

External links

• Ruza Kuzieva at Paralympic.org
• Ruza Kuzieva at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)