Alan Tsagaev

Alan Tsagaev

Personal information
Born	(1977-09-13) September 13, 1977 Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia–Alania, Russia
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	105 kg (231 lb)
Sport
Country	Bulgaria
Sport	Weightlifting
Event(s)	–105 kg
Medal record Weightlifting Competitor for  Bulgaria Olympic Games Silver 2000 Sydney –105 kg World Championships Silver 2002 Warsaw –105 kg Silver 2007 Chiang Mai –105 kg European Championships Gold 2002 Antalya –105 kg Gold 2004 Kiev –105 kg Silver 2003 Loutraki –105 kg
Updated on 26 July 2012.

Alan Tsagaev (born September 13, 1977) is a Bulgarian weightlifter of Ossetian origin who competed in the Men's 105 kg weight class at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal, lifting 422.5 kg in total. Tsagaev is also a world record holder in clean and jerk (237.5 kg in EC 2004).

Tsagaev tested positive for a steroid in 2008, and therefore Bulgaria's weightlifting federation withdrew its team from the 2008 Summer Olympics. Eight members of the men's team and three women tested positive during out-of-competition tests conducted on June 8 and June 9. Apart from Tsagaev the athletes who tested positive were Ivailo Filev, Demir Demirev, Mehmed Fikretov, Ivan Stoitsov, Ivan Markov, Georgi Markov, Velichko Cholakov, Milka Maneva, Donka Mincheva and Gergana Kirilova. ^[1]

References

• After appealing ban, Bulgaria gets weightlifting medal