Svetlana Podobedova

Svetlana Podobedova (Russian: Светлана Подобедова; born May 25, 1986, Zima, Irkutsk^[1]) is a Russian-born Kazakhstani weightlifter.

Svetlana Podobedova

Podobedova at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Svetlana Nikolayevna Podobedova
Nationality	Russian Kazakhstani
Born	(1986-05-25) 25 May 1986 (age 39) Ziminsky District, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Years active	2003–
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Spouse	Vladimir Sedov
Sport
Country	Russia (2000–2006) Kazakhstan (2006–)
Sport	Olympic weightlifting
Event	–75 kg
Coached by	Pavel Blinov, Enver Turkileri, Alexey Ni
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	Snatch: 134 kg (2010) Clean & Jerk: 161 kg (2010) Total: 295 kg (2010)
Medal record Representing  Kazakhstan Olympic Games Disqualified 2012 London –75 kg World Championships 2009 Goyang –75 kg 2010 Antalya –75 kg 2011 Paris –75 kg Asian Games 2010 Guangzhou –75 kg Representing  Russia World Championships 2005 Doha –75 kg European Championships 2004 Kyiv –75 kg 2005 Sofia –75 kg
Updated on 27 October 2016

Career

Podobedova was awarded the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's 75 kg category with a total of 291 kg. Her 161 kg Clean and jerk was an Olympic record and her 291 kg total tied the Olympic record set only minutes before by Natalia Zabolotnaya. She was awarded the medal by virtue of lighter bodyweight.^[1]

In June 2016, following the Russian doping scandal, the IWF announced that IOC’s reanalyses of samples from the 2012 Beijing Olympics indicated that Podobedova had tested positive for prohibited substances, namely Stanazolol. The IWF imposed mandatory provisional suspension on her and 8 other Olympians, including 6 medalists for Beijing doping. If confirmed, she faced losing her Olympic medal, and all results and medals earned from the date of the sample in 2012 to 2016.^[2] In October 2016, she was stripped of her Olympic medal.^[3] Zabolotnaya and the bronze medalist, Iryna Kulesha, were disqualified and stripped of their medals as well.