Nastassia Novikava

Nastassia Novikava

Nastassia Novikava (centre), on a pre-stamped envelope of Belarus
Personal information
Born	(1981-11-16) 16 November 1981 (age 43)
Height	1.5 m (4 ft 11 in)
Weight	58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
Country	Belarus
Sport	Weightlifting
Event	58kg
Coached by	Viktor Shilay
Medal record Women's Weightlifting Representing  Belarus Olympic Games Disqualified 2008 Beijing – 53 kg World Championships 2011 Paris – 58 kg 2007 Chiang Mai – 53 kg 2009 Goyang – 58 kg 2010 Antalya – 58 kg European Championships 2005 Sofia – 53 kg 2009 Bucharest – 58 kg 2010 Minsk – 58 kg 2011 Kazan – 58 kg 2004 Kyiv – 53 kg
Updated on 27 October 2016

Nastassia Novikava (Belarusian: Настасся Новікава) (born 16 November 1981 in Zhodzina, Byelorussian SSR) is a world championship winning weightlifter from Belarus.

Career

At the 2004 Summer Olympics Novikava ranked fifth in the 53 kg class.[1] At the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships she won the silver medal in the 53 kg class, lifting a total of 213 kg.[1]

She initially won the bronze medal in the women's 53 kg event at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[2]

After 2008, Novikava moved up to the -58 kg category.

She won the 2010 European Championship with a personal best of 238 kg. In 2011, she won the world championship with a total of 237 kg.[3]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she finished 7th with a total of 230 kg.[4]

In 2016, she was stripped of her 2008 Olympic medal after a retest of her doping sample tested positive for steroids.[5]

Notes and references

1. "NOVIKAVA Nastassia". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 2011-05-27.
2. "NOVIKAVA Nasstasia". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 2011-05-27.
3. "2011 World Championship Results" (PDF). www.iwf.net. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
4. "London 2012 - Weightlifting - Women's -58 kg". www.sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 9 October 2015. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
5. "9 Olympians, including 6 medallists, caught for Beijing doping" Archived 2016-12-30 at the Wayback Machine. cbc.ca. 26 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016.

External links

• Athlete bio at official Olympics site