List of doping cases in Armwrestling

I spent a lot of time in order to compile this big list / table with the doping cases in Armwrestling. For the older cases I searched on hundreds of topics from different message boards but mainly on northeastboard. Read more about this below the table.

UPDATE (04 September 2020): The case of Kody Spur Merritt was updated in the table, considering the update made to the DOPING RESULTS: WORLDARM 2019, 41st World Armwrestling Championships 2019 (WAF)

List of doping cases in Armwrestling – Sanctioned Athletes
List of doping cases in Armwrestling compiled by XSportNews using all the known cases. Click on the links to see the source and more details.
WAC – World Armwrestling Championship = WORLDARM
EAC – European Armwrestling Championship = EUROARM
Russian Armwrestling Championship = RUSARM
N.A. = Not Announced
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Championship	Name Surname	Country	Substance	Suspension Period Duration	End of Sanction
WORLDARM 2019	Talgat Alpyspayev	Kazakhstan	Adverse Analytical Finding	Provisionally suspended	–
WORLDARM 2019	Tuncay Basaran	Turkey	Adverse Analytical Finding	Provisionally suspended	–
WORLDARM 2019	Rosemary Dos Santos	Brazil	Adverse Analytical Finding	Provisionally suspended	–
WORLDARM 2019	Kody Spur Merritt	USA	Retroactive TUE  Therapeutic Use Exemption, following TUEC final decision registered at WADA under TUE No. T-1155696698	It is determined that the athlete Merritt, Kody Spur – United States, did not commit an anti-doping rule violation. WAF Anti-Doping Control Commission
WORLDARM 2019	Michael Mucha	Germany	Adverse Analytical Finding	Provisionally suspended	–
WORLDARM 2019	Vladimir Stepanov	Russia	Adverse Analytical Finding	Provisionally suspended	–
WORLDARM 2019	Asifali Thottipparmbil Saleena	India	Adverse Analytical Finding	Provisionally suspended	–
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EUROARM 2019	Arroyo Ricard	Spain	Adverse Analytical Finding	Provisionally suspended	–
EUROARM 2019	Chamalakis Stelios	Greece	Adverse Analytical Finding	Provisionally suspended	–
EUROARM 2019	Fazekas Andrea	Hungary	Adverse Analytical Finding	Provisionally suspended	–
EUROARM 2019	Torseeva Natalia	Russia	Adverse Analytical Finding	Provisionally suspended	–
EUROARM 2019	Totev Asparuh	Bulgaria	Adverse Analytical Finding	Provisionally suspended	–
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2018 French National Anti-Doping Agency	Dmitri Vîzîi	Moldova	Stanozolol-N-Glucuronide -O-Glucuronide, 17-Epistanozolol, 1a-methyl-5a-androstan3a, DHCMT, etc	4 years	06.03.2023
2018 French National Anti-Doping Agency	Gicu-Ciprian Vălean	Romania	Refuse to test	4 years	29.01.2023
2018 Brazil National Anti-Doping Agency	Jocilene Bassanelli Gonçalves	Brazil	Hidroclorotiazide	2 years	14.07.2019
2018 Brazil National Anti-Doping Agency	Tiago Ferreira dos Santos	Brazil	19-norandrosterona e 19-noraetiocolandolona	4 years	09.06.2021
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2018 WAC	ALIZHAN MURATOV	Kazakhstan	–	–	–
2018 WAC	DZMITRY TSIUSHYN	Belarus	Dehydrochloromethyl-testosterone metabolite	4 years	31.12.2022
2018 WAC	SANAN SHUKUROV	Azerbaijan	Dehydrochloromethyl-testosterone metabolite	4 years	31.12.2022
2018 WAC	LEVANI MOTSONELIDZE	Georgia	Meldonium	2 years	31.12.2020
2018 WAC	SABIN NICOLAE BADULESCU	Romania	Trenbolone metabolite epitrenbolone	4 years	20.10.2022
2018 WAC	GEORGI NIKOLAEV TSVETKOV	Bulgaria	Adverse Analytical Finding	Provisionally suspended	–
2018 WAC	KENZHEKYZ KAUPENOVA	Kazakhstan	Furosemide	4 years	31.12.2022
2018 WAC	MEMET DOGAN SIMSEK	Switzerland	Cocaine and its metabolites benzoylecgonine, ecgonine methyl ester	4 years	18.10.2022
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2018 EAC	Kashakashvili Davit	Georgia	DHCMT	4 years	07.08.2022
2018 EAC	Guner Ahmet	Turkey	Clenbuterol, Metandienone	4 years	07.08.2022
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Sochi 2014	Alexey Voevoda	Russia	Doping	24 November 2017 – stripped of medals. 18 December 2017 – lifetime ban	Lifetime Ban Alexey Voevoda: No Lifetime Ban, Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) decision
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2017 WAC	Vali Farajov	Kazakhstan	–	–	–
2017 WAC	Sergey Bogoslovov	Russia	GW1516, Anastrozole	4 Years	15.10.2021
2017 WAC	Anuar Abdikerim	Kazakhstan	Stanozolol, Furosemide	4 years	15.10.2021
2017 WAC	Jozef Dvorscak	Slovakia	Furosemide	2 years	04.09.2019
2017 WAC	Tatyana Verina	Kazakhstan	19-norandrosterone	4 years	09.09.2021
2017 WAC	Tatyana Trubina	Kazakhstan	19-norandrosterone	4 years	08.09.2021
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2017 EAC	Armando Garcia Rama	Spain	Very low levels of Prednisolone and Prednison	Public Warning	Public Warning
2017 EAC	Elena Usatova	Russia	19-norandrostenedione	4 years	28.06.2021
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2016 WAC	Gismat Vakilov	Azerbaijan	DHCMT; Testosterone and testosterone metabolites	4 years	09.10.2020
2016 WAC	Niko Bajaladze	Georgia	Nandrolone; DHCMT, Testosterone and metabolites	4 years	04.10.2020
2016 WAC	Shokhrukh Abduyokubou	Uzbekistan	19-norandrosteron	4 years	08.10.2020
2016 WAC	Andreii Fillipov	Ukraine	Trembolone, Oxandrolone, Testosterone, Testosterone metabolites	4 years	06.10.2020
2016 WAC	Zufar Tazetdinov	Russia	Nandrolone, Testosterone, Testosterone metabolites	4 years	06.10.2020
2016 WAC	Mikhail Siminenko	Russia	Nandrolone, Meldonium, Testosterone metabolites	4 years	06.10.2020
2016 WAC	Burku Korkmaz	Turkey	Furosemide	2 years	14.11.2018
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2016 EAC	Jozsef Lovei	France	Metandienone, an exogenous origin at least one of the Adiols (5aAdiol and/or 5bAdiol) for Androsterone, Etiocholanone	4 years	09.02.2021
2016 EAC	Omer AYDIN	Turkey		N.A.
2016 EAC	Racho GAKHARIA	Georgia	19-Norandrostenedione and methandienone methabolites	4 years	10.08.2020
2016 EAC	Grigorii VALIEV	Russia	Trenbolone	4 years	10.08.2020
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2015 WAC	Dieter Spannagel	Germany		4 years	14.11.2019
2015 WAC	Ihab Ramadan	Egypt		4 years	31.10.2019
2015 WAC	Berdene Mulder	South Africa		4 years	31.10.2019
2015 WAC	Andria Joseph Jeha	Egypt		4 years	31.10.2019
2015 WAC	Ilya Ilin	Kazakhstan		4 years 2 years	31.10.2017
2015 WAC	Mustafa Dinleyici	Turkey		4 years	31.10.2019
2015 WAC	Lenur Kataiev	Ukraine		4 years	31.10.2019
2015 WAC	Levani Udzilauri	Georgia		4 years	31.10.2019
2015 WAC	Vladimir Matchenko	Kazakhstan		4 years	31.10.2019
2015 WAC	Georgi Tsvetkov	Bulgaria		2 years	31.10.2017
2015 WAC	Elshan DADAEV	Uzbekistan	Furosemide	2 years	31.10.2017
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2015 EAC	Ali Gurbuz	Turkey		2 years	31.07.2017
2015 EAC	Zarina Nuridinova	Russia		2 years	31.07.2017
2015 EAC	Imiraslan Agashirinov	Russia		4 years	31.07.2019
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2014 WAC	Gela Arabuli	Georgia		2 years	31.10.2016
2014 WAC	Maryna Shulyka	Ukraine		2 years	31.10.2016
2014 WAC	Bakytzhan Saparbayev	Kazakhstan		2 years	31.10.2016
2014 WAC	Antonio Grimaldi	Italy		1 year	31.10.2015
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2014 EAC	ALL DOPING TESTS FROM 2014 EUROPEAN ARMWRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIP ARE NEGATIVE
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2014 RUSARM	Abdula Eldarov	Russia		Banned For Life	Disqualified for life
2014 RUSARM	Dzambolat Tsoriev	Russia		10 years	20.03.2024
2014 RUSARM	Zelimkhan Ismailov	Russia		2 years	20.09.2016
2014 RUSARM	Imran Navruzaliev	Russia		2 years	20.03.2016
2014 RUSARM	Nikolai Kolesnichenko	Russia		2 years	20.03.2016
2014 RUSARM	Gadjimagomed Musaev	Russia		2 years	20.03.2016
2014 RUSARM	Omar Nurudinov	Russia		2 years	20.03.2016
2014 RUSARM	Gadzimurad Omarov	Russia		2 years	20.03.2016
2014 RUSARM	David Pliev	Russia		2 years	20.03.2016
2014 RUSARM	Robert Chomaev	Russia		2 years	20.03.2016
2014 RUSARM	Alexander Sheshin	Russia		2 years	20.03.2016
2014 RUSARM	Sergey Chigir	Russia		2 years	05.03.2016
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2014 Slovakia	Ľubomír JAGNEŠÁK	Slovakia	test refusal, did not provide information on the whereabouts	15 months	21.10.2015
2014 Slovakia	Peter KASAN	Slovakia	test refusal, did not provide information on the whereabouts	15 months	21.10.2015
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2013 WAC & Pattaya, Thailand	Pavel LUNEV	Russia	Methylhexanamine, DHCMT	2 years & NEW 2 years	30.09.2016
2013 WAC	Alexander GUSOV	Russia		2 years	2015
2013 WAC	Aliaksandr YANKOVSKI	Belarus		2 years	2015
2013 WAC	Anatolii SHUSHARIN	Russia		2 years	2015
2013 WAC	Valeriy BARANOV	Kazakhstan		2 years	2015
2013 WAC	Dmitry TRUBIN	Kazakhstan		2 years	2015
2013 WAC	Rezo LUTIDZE	Georgia		2 years	2015
2013 WAC	Olga TIMUKINA	Kazakhstan		1 year	2014
2013 WAC	Snezhana BABAIEVA	Slovakia		1 year	2014
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2013 EAC	Arsen LILIEV	Russia		2 years	2015
2013 EAC	Viktar BRATCHENIA	Belarus		2 years	2015
2013 EAC	Diana BAREEVA	Russia		2 years	2015
2013 EAC	Genadi KVIKVINIA	Georgia		2 years	2015
2013 EAC	Natalia GURCIEVA	Russia		2 years	2015
2013 EAC	Ruslan MAMEDOV	Russia		2 years	2015
2013 EAC	Rustam BABAIEV	Ukraine		2 years	2015
2013 EAC	Taymuraz TSAKHILOV	Russia		2 years	2015
2013 EAC	Timur MAMEDOV	Russia		2 years	2015
2013 EAC	Vladislav ZHYHYLII	Ukraine		2 years	2015
2013 EAC	Zaza TABAGARI	Georgia		2 years	2015
2013 EAC	Sinan PEHLIVAN	Turkey		1 year	2014
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2011 WAC	Normunds TOMSONS	Latvia		N.A.
2011 WAC	Bahtiar KUBANYCHBEK	Kyrgyzstan		N.A.
2011 WAC	Arsen CHOMAEV	Russia		N.A.
2011 WAC	Abdula ELDAROV	Russia		N.A.
2011 WAC	Tatiana ISTOMINA	Russia		N.A.
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2011 EAC	Merab KAKABADZE	Georgia		2 years	30.06.2013
2011 EAC	Irakli GAMTENADZE	Georgia		2 years	30.06.2013
2011 EAC	Eldar APPAZOV	Ukraine		2 years	30.06.2013
2011 EAC	Olcay AVSAR	Turkey		2 years	30.06.2013
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2010 WAC	Aleksandr Fugarov	Kazakhstan		N.A.	N.A.
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2010 EAC	Mantas Asmonas	Lithuania		2 years	2012
2010 EAC	Alexander Anfilofejew	Russia		3 months	2010
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2009 WAC	Alexander FRASH	Kazakhstan	Anabolic androgenic steroids	2 years	31.12.2011
2009 WAC	Alexey LEMESH	Kazakhstan	Anabolic androgenic steroids	2 years	31.12.2011
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2009 EAC	Alexey Semerenko	Ukraine	Clenbuterol, 11-Nor-9-carboxy-THC (Cannabis Metabolite)	2 years	31.07.2011
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2008 EAC	TIMUR BICHILOV	Russia	Drostanolone	2 years	31.08.2010
2008 EAC	OLGA GAVRILOVA	Russia	Stanozolol	2 years	31.08.2010
2008 EAC	SOFIYA AKHMETGAREEVA	Russia	Stanozolol	2 years	31.08.2010
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2007 WAC	DZAMBOLAT TSORIEV	Russia		2 years	31.12.2009
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2006 EAC	EDUARD MULLAGULOV	Russia	Stanozolol metabolite	2 years	2008
2006 EAC	MURAT KARAEV	Russia	Metandienone metabolite	2 years	2008
2006 EAC	UMARBEK SHAKMANOV	Russia	Stanozolol metabolite	2 years	2008
2006 EAC	CHERMEN KHADAEV	Russia	Metandienone metabolite	2 years	2008
2006 EAC	VALERY KOSTANOV	Russia	Metandienone, Metenolone metabolite	2 years	2008
2006 EAC	BORIS POSKA	Russia	Carboxy thc	3 months	2006
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2005 WAC	Artem Klimenko	Russia	19-norandrosteron, 19-noretiocholanolone, 3-OH-Stanozolol, Ephimethendiol	1 year & 2 months	31.12.2006
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One very important find was this Report from Doping Committee copied on northeastboard in 2009:

” Report from Doping Committee
At the 2007 Worlds in Bulgaria ? We had 1 person test positive
DZAMBOLAT TSORIEV from Russia has been suspended for 2 years until December 31, 2009
At the 2008 European Championship in Norway
We had 3 people test positive
TIMUR BICHILOV Russia, OLGA GAVRILOVA, Russia and SOFIYA AKHMETGAREEVA, Russia.
They were all given 2 year suspension until August 31, 2010.
We do 20 tests at the World level and 30 tests at the European Level for a total of 50 tests per year. To date, we have done 200 tests and have had 15 positive.
7 from Russia
1 from Slovakia
1 from Brazil
2 from Latvia
1 from Romania
1 from Bulgaria
1 from Uzbekistan
1 from Ukraine
Please note that all tests are conducted by luck of the draw “

This report is very important because it talks about some doping cases from the past without giving the names, only the names of the countries. And if you follow the discussions from that topic you will see that even Engin Terzi never heard about anyone tested positive from those countries. This means that we still don’t know all the names, and I really tried to find them all.

This is not ok considering that according to the 2015 WADA Code (which is now in force): ” 10.13 Automatic Publication of Sanction A mandatory part of each sanction shall include automatic publication, as provided in Article 14.3. ”

Changelog / Update History:

UPDATE (27 March 2020): Vali Farajov, KAZ and Alizhan Muratov, KAZ were added to the list because of the updates made today to the WORLDARM 2017 DOPING RESULTS & WORLDARM 2018 DOPING RESULTS

UPDATE (24 January 2020): I updated the table, considering the DOPING RESULTS: WORLDARM 2019, 41st World Armwrestling Championships 2019 (WAF)

UPDATE (01 August 2019): I updated the table, considering the DOPING RESULTS: EUROARM 2019, 29th European Armwrestling Championships 2019

UPDATE (09 May 2019): I updated the table with the used substances and the suspension period for the positive cases from 2018 WORLDARM: 2018 World Armwrestling & Para-Armwrestling Championship, using the info from waf-armwrestling.com (you can click on the links from the table to see the source).

UPDATE (10 March 2019): The list was updated with the 4 new cases from the French National Anti-Doping Agency and from the Brazil National Anti-Doping Agency, reported on waf-armwrestling.com

UPDATE (30 January 2019) ► Alexey Voevoda: No Lifetime Ban, Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) decision

UPDATE (10 January 2019): I updated the doping results table, considering the WORLDARM 2018 DOPING RESULTS, 40th World Armwrestling Championships 2018 (WAF)

UPDATE (14 August 2018): The table was updated using the ► DOPING RESULTS: EUROARM 2018, 28th European Armwrestling Championships 2018

UPDATE (08 March 2018): Jozsef Lovei was added to this table at 2016 EAC (you have to scroll down) because he was listed in the SANCTIONED ATHLETES table from waf-armwrestling.com. The used substance and the suspension period was updated for other athletes.

UPDATE (14 Feb. 2018): A new public disclosure regarding the doping at EUROARM 2017 (EAC 2017). Armando Garcia Rama took 2nd place in Master Men 70 kg Left and also 2nd place in Master Men 70 kg Right, see ► RESULTS: EUROARM 2017, 27th European Armwrestling Championships 2017. Armando Garcia Rama was added to this table.

UPDATE (19 JANUARY 2018): The suspension period for Sergey Bogoslovov was added from the Russian Armwrestling Federation website (click on the red links, Suspension Period / End of Sanction, to see the source). 3 NEW NAMES WERE ADDED TO THE LIST / TABLE FROM ► WORLDARM 2017 DOPING RESULTS, 39th World Armwrestling Championships 2017 (WAF)

UPDATE (24 JANUARY 2018): Aleksandr Fugarov was added to the list in 2010. Many thanks to Nick Boboc for the info. I searched on northeastboard and there was a doping case after WorldArm 2010, but the name was not made public – 2 threads from northeastboard where this was discussed by Simon Berriochoa: 1. 2010 WAF Test Results, 2. HELLOOO? Doping Result?

UPDATE (12 May 2017): Doping sanctions and the substances used by Gismat Vakilov and Niko Bajaladze were added to the table.

UPDATE (April 2017): Ľubomír JAGNEŠÁK and Peter KASAN were suspended for 15 months (22.7.2014 – 21.10.2015) by the Slovak Anti-Doping Agency (SADA) because they refused to provide information on the whereabouts. They were added to this list.