CHINSHANLO Zulfiya

Date of Birth: 25 Jul 1993

Age: 28

Gender: Female

Youth Olympian

Place of birth: ALMATY

Birth Country:

Kazakhstan

Place of residence : TALDYKORGAN

Residence Country:

Kazakhstan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Weightlifting	Women's 55kg	3

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo International Forum	Women's 55kg Group A	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	53kg - Total
2012	London, GBR	DSQ

Youth Olympic Games

Year	Location	58kg - Total
2010	Singapore, SIN	2nd (225)

World Championships

Year	Location	53kg - Total	53kg - Snatch	53kg - C&J	55kg - Total	55kg - Snatch	55kg - C&J
2019	Pattaya, THA	-	-	-	4th (213)	7th (93)	4th (120)
2018	Ashgabat, TKM	-	-	-	3rd (213)	8th (93)	3rd (120)
2014	Almaty, KAZ	1st (232)	2nd (98)	1st (134)	-	-	-
2011	Paris, FRA	1st (227)	1st (97)	1st (130)	-	-	-
2009	Goyang, KOR	1st (219)	5th (90)	1st (129)	-	-	-

Asian Championships

Year	Location	55kg - Total	55kg - Snatch	55kg - C&J
2020	Tashkent, UZB	5th (210)	5th (92)	3rd (118)
2019	Ningbo, CHN	4th (194)	4th (84)	4th (110)

Legend
C&J - Clean & Jerk, (---) - no valid result, DSQ - Disqualified

Zulya (sports.kz, 21 Jul 2014)

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

Kazakh, Russian

Bakhyt Akhmetov [national], KAZ; Viktor Ni [personal], KAZ

She began weightlifting at age nine. (np.kz, 27 Nov 2009)

"When I first came to a gym and was passing by a barbell, I decided to lift it. My first thought after that was how heavy it was." (prosportkz.kz, 31 May 2011)

Kazakhstani weightlifter Svetlana Podobedova. (Athlete, 16 Dec 2010)

Philosophy:

"My main rival is myself, psychologically, and the barbell, physically. If I can overcome myself, I will win." (vesti.kz, 16 Mar 2021)

In 2012 she was named Best Female Athlete in Kazakhstan. (vesti.kz, 14 Dec 2012)

She has been presented with the National Orders of Kurmet [Honour] and Barys [second grade] in Kazakhstan. (confederation.kz, 2014)

She holds the title of Honoured Master of Sport in Kazakhstan. (shooting-sports.kz, 24 Dec 2020)

General Interest

General
SANCTION
In June 2016 she received a two-year ban form the International Weightlifting Federation [IWF] after she tested positive for the prohibited substances oxandrolone and stanozolol. Her sample had been taken at the 2012 Olympic Games in London and was tested again as part of the International Olympic Committee's [IOC] reanalysis from the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games. She was also stripped of the gold medal she won at the 2012 Games in London. (barbend.com, 13 Jan 2018; iwf.net, 2018)

EARLY DAYS
Born in Kazakhstan, she moved to the People's Republic of China at a young age with her parents. She returned to Kazakhstan in 2007. (kaztag.info, 08 Aug 2012)

Milestones

She became the first female weightlifter from Kazakhstan to win a gold medal at the world championships when she claimed victory in the 53kg category at the 2009 edition in Goyang, Republic of Korea. (SportsDeskOnline, 30 Oct 2018; confederation.kz, 2014; azattyq.org, 23 Nov 2009)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100004231086420

Legend

:: Bronze Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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