Svetlana Podobedova

Svetlana Podobedova

Podobedova at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Svetlana Nikolayevna Podobedova
Nationality	Russian Kazakhstani
Born	(1986-05-25) 25 May 1986 (age 38) Ziminsky District, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Years active	2003–
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Spouse	Vladimir Sedov
Sport
Country	Russia (2000–2006) Kazakhstan (2006–)
Sport	Olympic weightlifting
Event	–75 kg
Coached by	Pavel Blinov, Enver Turkileri, Alexey Ni
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	Snatch: 134 kg (2010) Clean & Jerk: 161 kg (2010) Total: 295 kg (2010)
Medal record Representing  Kazakhstan Olympic Games Disqualified 2012 London –75 kg World Championships 2009 Goyang –75 kg 2010 Antalya –75 kg 2011 Paris –75 kg Asian Games 2010 Guangzhou –75 kg Representing  Russia World Championships 2005 Doha –75 kg European Championships 2004 Kyiv –75 kg 2005 Sofia –75 kg
Updated on 27 October 2016

Svetlana Podobedova (Russian: Светлана Подобедова; born May 25, 1986, Zima, Irkutsk^[1]) is a Russian-born Kazakhstani weightlifter.

Career

Podobedova was awarded the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's 75 kg category with a total of 291 kg. Her 161 kg Clean and jerk was an Olympic record and her 291 kg total tied the Olympic record set only minutes before by Natalia Zabolotnaya. She was awarded the medal by virtue of lighter bodyweight.^[1]

In June 2016, following the Russian doping scandal, it was announced by the IWF that retests of the samples taken from the 2012 Olympics indicated that Podobedova had tested positive for prohibited substances, namely Stanazolol. If confirmed, she faced losing her Olympic medal, and all results and medals earned from the date of the sample in 2012 to 2016.^[2] In October 2016, she was stripped of her Olympic medal.^[3] Zabolotnaya and the bronze medalist, Iryna Kulesha, were disqualified and stripped of their medals as well.

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Svetlana Podobedova". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
2. IWF public disclosures
3. "9 Olympians, including 6 medallists, caught for Beijing doping". cbc.ca. 26 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016.

External links

• Svetlana Podobedova at the International Weightlifting Federation
• Svetlana Podobedova at the International Weightlifting Results Project
• Svetlana Podobedova at Olympics.com
• Svetlana Podobedova at Olympic.org (archived)
• Svetlana Podobedova at Olympedia (archive)
• London 2012 profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 4 August 2012)