Azerbaijan at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
| Azerbaijan at the 2000 Summer Paralympics | |||||||||
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| IPC code | AZE | ||||||||
| NPC | National Paralympic Committee of Azerbaijan Republic | ||||||||
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| in Sydney | |||||||||
| Medals Ranked 60th |
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 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]
Medalists
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
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 Silver | Yelena Taranova | Shooting | Mixed free pistol - SH1 | 24 October |
See also
References
- ↑ Paralympic drug cheats beat Olympic record. SABC News. Retrieved 16 September 2008
- ↑ Two powerlifters test positive for banned substances. USA Today. 22 September 2004. Retrieved 16 September 2008
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