Ruza Kuzieva Explained

Ruza Kuzieva
Birth Date:1994 3, df=yes
Country:Uzbekistan
Sport:Paralympic powerlifting

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 55kg 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 61kg event.[6]

Results

YearVenueWeightAttempts (kg)TotalRank
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Summer Paralympics
align=left Tokyo, Japan 126 126 130 130

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ruza Kuzieva Profile. 28 August 2021. 2020 Summer Paralympics.
  2. News: Houston. Michael. 28 August 2021. Pérez wins fourth Paralympic gold with women's under-61kg powerlifting victory. InsideTheGames.biz. 28 August 2021.
  3. Web site: Women's 61 kg Results. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210828182558/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/PWL/PG2020-_PWL_C73_PWLW61KG----00000-----------------.pdf. 28 August 2021. 28 August 2021. 2020 Summer Paralympics.
  4. News: Goddard. Emily. 17 June 2013. Uzbekistani powerlifter Kuzieva receives two-year ban for doping violation. InsideTheGames.biz. 17 June 2013.
  5. News: Palmer. Dan. 23 November 2016. Powerlifter avoids drugs ban after failure for meldonium. InsideTheGames.biz. 23 November 2016.
  6. News: Etchells. Daniel. 15 July 2019. World record holder Shevchuk takes gold at World Para Powerlifting Championships. InsideTheGames.biz. 15 July 2019.