1. Ilya Aleksandrovich Ilyin is a retired Kazakhstani weightlifter who won four world championships and was regarded as one of the greatest weightlifters of all time, until banned for doping abuse in both 2008 and 2012 Olympics.
13 Facts About Ilya Ilyin
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Ilya Ilyin was named IWF World Weightlifter of the Year four times: in 2005,2006,2014, and 2015.
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Originally a two-time Olympic gold medallist in 2008 and 2012, Ilya Ilyin was officially stripped of his gold medals on 25 November, 2016, by the IWF due to doping violations after retests of his samples given at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics.
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In 8 November 2012 Ilya Ilyin was awarded the Olympic Council of Asia award as the best Asian athlete, along with Zulfiya Chinshanlo and Olga Rypakova.
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Ilya Ilyin competed in the -105 kg category at the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships held in Almaty.
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On 12 December 2015 Ilya Ilyin competed in the Iwf Grand Prix 5th Russian Federation Presidents Cup held in Grozny.
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In March 2016 Ilya Ilyin was named the IWF World Weightlifter of the Year for the fourth time in his career.
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In June 2016 it was announced by the IWF that retests of the samples taken from the 2012 Summer Olympics indicated that Ilya Ilyin had tested positive for prohibited substances, namely dehydrochloromethyltestosterone and stanozolol.
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On 14 September 2016, Ilya Ilyin was stripped of his second Olympic medal.
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In June 2016 it was announced by the IWF that retests of the samples taken from 2008 Summer Olympics indicated that Ilya Ilyin had tested positive for stanozolol.
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In November 2016, Ilya Ilyin was stripped of both his Olympic gold medals as a result of doping violations from his retested samples.
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In 2008 Ilya Ilyin married the Russian weightlifter Svetlana Podobedova, the marriage did not last long.
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On January 12,2023, Ilya Ilyin married for the third time to businesswoman Tatiana Gordienko.