September 21, 1964 (1964-09-21) (age 59) Pazardzhik or Panagyurishte [contradiction], Bulgaria[1]
Medal record
Men's Weightlifting
Representing Bulgaria
Olympic Games
Disqualified
1988 Seoul
56 kg
World Weightlifting Championships
1986 Sofia
56 kg
European Weightlifting Championships
1987 Reims
56 kg
1988 Cardiff
56 kg
1986 Karl-Marx-Stadt
56 kg
IWF World Cup
1987 Pazardzhik
60 kg
Junior World Weightlifting Championships
1984 Lignano Sabbiadoro
56 kg
Junior European Weightlifting Championships
1984 Lignano Sabbiadoro
56 kg
Balkan Weightlifting Championships
1983 Thessaloniki
56 kg
1984 Kikinda
56 kg
1985 Plovdiv
56 kg
Mitko Todorov Grablev (Bulgarian: Митко Тодоров Гръблев) is a Bulgarian weightlifter who competed for Bulgaria.
He is world and twice European champion and world record holder. He originally claimed the gold medal in Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 56 kg but was disqualified after he tested positive for furosemide. It became a scandal after another Bulgarian weightlifter Angel Guenchev, who also originally claimed a gold medal in weightlifting, was disqualified for failing drug testing and a positive result for the doping agent furosemide. The Bulgarian weightlifting team was forced to withdraw midway from the weightlifting competition.[2][3][4][5]
^"Mitko Grablev". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
^"HE Seoul Olympics: Weight Lifting; Team Lifted After 2d Drug Test Is Failed". The New York Times. 24 September 1998. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
^"Bulgaria's weightlifters expelled from games". The Guardian. 23 September 2000. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
^"The Seoul Games / Day 8: Bulgaria's Weightlifting Team Withdraws After Drug Suspensions". Los Angeles Times. 24 September 1988. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
^"2nd Weightlifter Banned, Bulgaria Pulls Team". Washington Post. 24 September 1988. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
Mitko Todorov Grablev (Bulgarian: Митко Тодоров Гръблев) is a Bulgarian weightlifter who competed for Bulgaria. He is world and twice European champion...
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Result Rank Result Rank Sevdalin Marinov −52 kg 120 1 150 1 270 OR MitkoGrablev −56 kg 130 1 167.5 1 297.5 DQ Stefan Topurov −60 kg 137.5 2 175 2 312...
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