1 November 1985 (1985-11) (age 38) Tokmok, Kyrgyz SSR, Soviet Union
Height
1.61 m (5 ft 3+1⁄2 in)
Weight
63 kg (139 lb)
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese
姚丽
Traditional Chinese
姚麗
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Yáo Lì
other Mandarin
Dungan
Йо Ли
Russian name
Russian
Майя Салахаровна Манеза
Kazakh name
Kazakh
Майя Салахарқызы Манеза
Sport
Sport
Weightlifting
Event
63 kg
Medal record
Representing Kazakhstan
Olympic Games
Disqualified
2012 London
– 63 kg
World Weightlifting Championships
2009 Goyang
– 63 kg
2010 Antalya
– 63 kg
2011 Paris
– 63 kg
Asian Games
2010 Guangzhou
– 63 kg
Updated on 27 October 2016.
Maiya Salakharqyzy Maneza (Kazakh: Майя Салахарқызы Манеза; Russian: Майя Салахаровна Манеза; born 1 November 1985) is a Kazakhstani weightlifter. She initially won the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 63 kg category by lifting a combined weight of 245 kg and set a new Olympic record in the process.[1][2] She was later stripped of her Olympic medal after a failed drug test.
^"Women's 63kg Weightlifting: Maiya Maneza Of Kazakhstan Takes Gold Medal". SB Nation. 31 July 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
Maiya Salakharqyzy Maneza (Kazakh: Майя Салахарқызы Манеза; Russian: Майя Салахаровна Манеза; born 1 November 1985) is a Kazakhstani weightlifter. She...
Games. This included four medal winners including Zulfiya Chinshanlo, MaiyaManeza and Svetlana Podobedova all from Kazakhstan, and Maryna Shkermankova...
Russian professional boxer Alexander Kosenkow, Olympic German sprinter MaiyaManeza, Olympic Kazakh weightlifter Jengishbek Nazaraliev, drug rehabilitation...
107 kg Clean & Jerk MaiyaManeza Kazakhstan 143 kg WR Nísida Palomeque Colombia 134 kg O Jong-ae North Korea 130 kg Total MaiyaManeza Kazakhstan 246 kg...
fluently than Russian. She emigrated to Kazakhstan in 2008 along with MaiyaManeza with the approval of Hunan sport officials on a five-year lease contract...
Kharki (born 1991) – bronze medal winner of the 2016 Summer Olympics MaiyaManeza (born 1985) – won two golds (2009, 2010) at the World Weightlifting Championships...
retest of her 2012 sample tested positive for steroids. Women's 63 kg MaiyaManeza of Kazakhstan originally won the gold medal, but was disqualified in...
Date Gold Zulfiya Chinshanlo Weightlifting Women's 53 kg 29 July Gold MaiyaManeza Weightlifting Women's 63 kg 31 July Gold Svetlana Podobedova Weightlifting...
Russia 111 kg Clean & Jerk MaiyaManeza Kazakhstan 141 kg Sibel Şimşek Turkey 135 kg Guo Xiyan China 135 kg Total MaiyaManeza Kazakhstan 246 kg Svetlana...
swimming the final leg, won a record 19th Olympic medal. Weightlifting MaiyaManeza of Kazakhstan won gold in the women's 63 kg final, setting an Olympic...
Olympics. She originally finished fifth, but was promoted to second after MaiyaManeza, Svetlana Tsarukayeva, and Sibel Şimşek were all disqualified. Maneva...