1. Zulfiya Salakharqyzy Chinshanlo is a Kazakhstani weightlifter.
14 Facts About Zulfiya Chinshanlo
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Zulfiya Chinshanlo is a three time world champion and Olympic bronze medalist.
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Zulfiya Chinshanlo earned a gold medal at the 2014 World Championships.
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Zulfiya Chinshanlo won the bronze medal in the women's 55 kg event.
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On 8 November 2012, Kazakhstan London Olympic champion Zulfiya Chinshanlo got the Olympic Council of Asia award as the best Asian athlete, along with Ilya Ilyin and Olga Rypakova.
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Zulfiya Chinshanlo, according to her official profile, is an ethnic Dungan, a Chinese Muslim people of Hui origin.
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Zulfiya Chinshanlo emigrated to Kazakhstan in 2008 along with Maiya Maneza with the approval of Hunan sport officials on a five-year lease contract.
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However, Kazakhstan sports authorities insist that Zulfiya Chinshanlo is a citizen of Kazakhstan:.
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Zulfiya Chinshanlo had been living and training in Kazakhstan since she was 14.
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Zulfiya Chinshanlo was on vacation and decided to visit her relatives in China.
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On 27 October 2012, Zulfiya Chinshanlo came back from China and announced:.
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However, according to official Kazakh records, Zulfiya Chinshanlo was born 25 July 1993 in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
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Zulfiya Chinshanlo's father Salakhar Chinshanlo is a businessman who speaks fluently both Russian and Dungan language.
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In June 2016, IWF announced that retests of the samples taken from the 2012 Olympics indicated that Zulfiya Chinshanlo had tested positive for prohibited substances, namely Oxandrolone and Stanazolol.