Mitko Grablev

Mitko Todorov Grablev (Bulgarian: Митко Тодоров Гръблев) is a Bulgarian weightlifter who competed for Bulgaria. He is a twice European champion and a world record holder. He originally claimed the gold medal in Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 56 kg but was disqualified after he tested positive for furosemide. It became a scandal after another Bulgarian weightlifter Angel Guenchev, who also originally claimed a gold medal in weightlifting, was disqualified for failing a drug test and resulting to a positive result for the doping agent furosemide. The Bulgarian weightlifting team was forced to withdraw midway from the weightlifting competition.^[2][3][4][5]

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Personal information
Born	September 21, 1964 (1964-09-21) (age 61) Pazardzhik or Panagyurishte [contradiction], Bulgaria[1]
Medal record Men's Weightlifting Representing  Bulgaria Olympic Games Disqualified 1988 Seoul 56 kg World Weightlifting Championships 1986 Sofia 56 kg European Weightlifting Championships 1987 Reims 56 kg 1988 Cardiff 56 kg 1986 Karl-Marx-Stadt 56 kg IWF World Cup 1987 Pazardzhik 60 kg Junior World Weightlifting Championships 1984 Lignano Sabbiadoro 56 kg Junior European Weightlifting Championships 1984 Lignano Sabbiadoro 56 kg Balkan Weightlifting Championships 1983 Thessaloniki 56 kg 1984 Kikinda 56 kg 1985 Plovdiv 56 kg
Men's Weightlifting
Representing  Bulgaria
Olympic Games
Disqualified	1988 Seoul	56 kg
World Weightlifting Championships
	1986 Sofia	56 kg
European Weightlifting Championships
	1987 Reims	56 kg
	1988 Cardiff	56 kg
	1986 Karl-Marx-Stadt	56 kg
IWF World Cup
	1987 Pazardzhik	60 kg
Junior World Weightlifting Championships
	1984 Lignano Sabbiadoro	56 kg
Junior European Weightlifting Championships
	1984 Lignano Sabbiadoro	56 kg
Balkan Weightlifting Championships
	1983 Thessaloniki	56 kg
	1984 Kikinda	56 kg
	1985 Plovdiv	56 kg
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1. ^ "Mitko Grablev". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
2. ^ "HE Seoul Olympics: Weight Lifting; Team Lifted After 2d Drug Test Is Failed". The New York Times. 24 September 1998. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
3. ^ "Bulgaria's weightlifters expelled from games". The Guardian. 23 September 2000. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
4. ^ "The Seoul Games / Day 8: Bulgaria's Weightlifting Team Withdraws After Drug Suspensions". Los Angeles Times. 24 September 1988. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
5. ^ "2nd Weightlifter Banned, Bulgaria Pulls Team". Washington Post. 24 September 1988. Retrieved 23 August 2016.

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