Milka Maneva

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Milka Maneva (Bulgarian: Милка Манева; born 7 June 1985 in Smolyan, Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian female weighlifter.^{[ 1]} She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's 63 kg, finishing in 5th place.^[1] Maneva also qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics but she was one of eleven Bulgarian weightlifters to test positive for a banned steroid two months prior to the games.^[2] Bulgaria withdrew its whole team from the Olympic competition and Maneva received a four-year ban from competition.^[2]^[3]

References

↑ Sports-Reference profile
↑ 2.0 2.1 Associated Press (2008-06-28). "Bulgaria pulls Olympic weightlifters for doping". USA Today. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
↑ "Sanctions for Bulgarian weightlifters tested positive for doping". Bulgaria Gazette. 12 September 2008. Retrieved 11 August 2012.

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Name	Maneva, Milka
Alternative names	Милка Манева
Short description	Bulgarian weightlifter
Date of birth	7 June 1985
Place of birth	Smolyan, Thailand
Date of death
Place of death

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