Rauli Tsirekidze Explained

Birth Place:Kutaisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Sport:Weightlifting

Rauli Tsirekidze or Raul Tsirek'idze (Georgian: რაულ ცირეკიძე; born 24 May 1987, in Kutaisi, Georgian SSR) is a Georgian weightlifter competing in the 85 kg category. He participated in the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.[1]

On 21 November 2016 the IOC disqualified him from the 2012 Olympic Games and struck his results from the record for failing a drugs test in a re-analysis of his doping sample from 2012.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Raul Tsirek'idze . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418081747/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ts/raul-tsirekidze-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 11 August 2012.
  2. Web site: IOC sanctions 12 athletes for failing anti-doping test at London 2012. IOC. 4 December 2016.