Azerbaijan at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

Azerbaijan at the Paralympic Games

Flag of Azerbaijan
IPC code  AZE
NPC National Paralympic Committee of Azerbaijan Republic
At the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney
Competitors
Medals
Rank: 60		 Gold
0		 Silver
1		 Bronze
0		 Total
1
Paralympic history (summary)
Summer Games
1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008
Other related appearances
Soviet Union (1960–1988)
Unified Team (1992)

Azerbaijan competed at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia having won one silver medal. Powerlifter Gunduz Ismayilov who initially had won a gold medal in Men's -90kg competition lifting 240 kg to set a world record was stripped of it with his record nullified after testing positive for the anabolic steroid nandrolone.[1] Ismayilov subsequently was banned from the Paralympics for life in 2004 after testing positive for stanazolol in the 2004 Summer Paralympics.[2]

Contents

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Silver Yelena Taranova Shooting Mixed free pistol - SH1 24 October

See also

References

  1. ^ Paralympic drug cheats beat Olympic record. SABC News. Retrieved 16 September 2008
  2. ^ Two powerlifters test positive for banned substances. USA Today. 22 September 2004. Retrieved 16 September 2008

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