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List of doping cases in Armwrestling

List of doping cases in armwrestling
List of doping cases in armwrestling │ Poster made by XSportNews using the original image by fotoblend

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: 27 November 2023 – the list was updated considering WAF, IFA and Russian AntiDoping.

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
2022 WAC1 Balsamello Rodolfo Argentina Art. 2.1. Hydrochlorothiazide & 19-norandrosterone 4 yrs. 25.01.2027
2022 WAC1 Batista Cleiton Brazil Art. 2.1. oxymetholone metabolite 4 years 25.01.2027
2022 WAC1 Duan Mohd Malaysia Art. 2.1. metandienone metabolite 4 years 25.01.2027
2022 WAC1 Akil Mehmet Turkiye Art. 2.1., Art. 2.2. boldenone metabolite 4 years 25.01.2027
2022 WAC1 Kendirci Mahmut Turkiye Art. 2.1., Art. 2.2. metandienone metabolite 4 years 25.01.2027
2022 WAC1 Iviyazi Kudatullo Uzbekistan Art. 2.1., Art. 2.2. Nandrolone 4 years 25.01.2027
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2022 Kazakh AD5 Nursupkhanova Diana Russia Art. 2.1. Dehydrochlormethyltestosterone 4 years 12.04.2026
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Russia AD5 Marat Aybazov Russia 3 years 23.04.2026
Russia AD5 Sergei Yurchenko Russia 6 years 09.05.2029
Russia AD5 Oleg Cherkasov Russia Art. 2.1, 2.2 fonturacetam 3 years 04.05.2026
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2023 Croatia AD5 Josip Semren Croatia Furosemid 2 years 06.12.2024
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2022 EAC Lekhman Bohdan Ukraine Art. 2.1. Clomifene 4 years 02.09.2026
2022 EAC Veysel De Mirkol Turkey Metenolone 4 years 02.09.2026
2022 EAC Veselic Ivan Serbia Metandienone 4 years 02.09.2026
2022 EAC Jami Koho – Finland Finland Drostanolone 3 years 02.09.2026
2022 EAC Khachatryan Arsen – Armenia Armenia Furosemide 2 years 02.09.2026
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2021 WAC Ceti Nicolae Romania Melenolone 4 years 22.01.2026
2021 EAC Yonchev Detelin Bulgaria Drostanolone metabolite 4 years 15.01.2026
2021 Romanian AD Chereji Abel Romania Steroids 4 years 20.07.2025
2021 Romanian AD Segiu Ovidiu Sabou Romania Dehydrochlormethyltestosterone 4 years 19.07.2025
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2021 Kazakh AD Chikalidi Yuriy Kazakhstan 2.1 Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in an Athlete’s Sample 3 years 04.05.2024
2021 Kazakh AD Reiisov Barish Kazakhstan 2.1 Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in an Athlete’s Sample 3 years 04.05.2024
2021 Kazakh AD Beshli Ogly Mubariz Kazakhstan 2.1 Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in an Athlete’s Sample 3 years 04.05.2024
2021 Kazakh AD Akzhigitov Bakhit Kazakhstan 2.1 Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in an Athlete’s Sample 3 years 04.05.2024
2021 Kazakh AD Dudurkayev Mogomed Kazakhstan 2.1 Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in an Athlete’s Sample 3 years 04.05.2024
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IFA World Armwrestling Championship 2019 Tomasz Szewczyk  Poland Positive result for the presence of prohibited substances during doping control on December 5, 2019 at the “IFA World Armwrestling Championships – Rumia, Poland 2019 4 years 06.12.2023
IFA World Armwrestling Championship 2019 Marlena Wawrzyniak Poland Positive result for the presence of prohibited substances during doping control on December 5, 2019 at the “IFA World Armwrestling Championships – Rumia, Poland 2019 2 years 06.12.2021
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WORLDARM 2019 Talgat Alpyspayev Kazakhstan Meldonium 4 years 23.01.2024
WORLDARM 2019 Tuncay Basaran Turkey Dehydrochloromethyltestosterone (DHCMT) 4 years
WORLDARM 2019 Rosemary Dos Santos Brazil 4 years
WORLDARM 2019 Kody Spur Merritt USA Methasterone

Retroactive TUE  Therapeutic Use Exemption, following TUEC final decision registered at WADA under TUE No. T-1155696698

2 years
WORLDARM 2019 Michael Mucha Germany 4 years
WORLDARM 2019 Vladimir Stepanov Russia Mesterolone 4 years 23.01.2024
WORLDARM 2019 Asifali Thottipparmbil Saleena India
4 years
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EUROARM 2019 Arroyo Ricard Spain 4 years
10.07.2023
EUROARM 2019 Chamalakis Stelios Greece 4 years
10.07.2023
EUROARM 2019 Fazekas Andrea Hungary 4 years
10.07.2023
EUROARM 2019 Torseeva Natalia Russia Furosemide 4 years
10.07.2023
EUROARM 2019 Totev Asparuh Bulgaria Metandienone 4 years
10.07.2023
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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 Trenbolone metabolite epitrenbolone 4 years 20.10.2022
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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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 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 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 (4 July 2023): 3 ARMWRESTLERS suspended by the Russian Armwrestling Federation:

Oleg Cherkasov suspended for three years!

Google Translate: “A member of the arm wrestling team of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Honored Master of Sports Cherkasov Oleg Zakharbekovich was disqualified for three years (from June 27, 2023 to May 03, 2026) for violating the All-Russian Anti-Doping Rules (the athlete took Phenotropil, containing a prohibited substance, as directed The Athlete acknowledged the anti-doping rule violation and agreed to the consequences of the PAO).

The decision to disqualify was made by the Presidium of the Russian Armwrestling Federation on June 27, 2023, based on the Decision of the RAA RUSADA Commission No. 77/2023 dated June 27, 2023. ”

Sergei Yurchenko disqualified for six years!

Google Translate: “A member of the Primorsky Territory national armwrestling team Yurchenko Sergey Alexandrovich was disqualified for six years (from June 16, 2023 to May 09, 2029) for violating the All-Russian Anti-Doping Rules.

The decision on disqualification was made by the Presidium of the Russian Armwrestling Federation on June 20, 2023, based on the Decision of the RAA RUSADA Commission No. 70/2023 dated June 16, 2023.”

Marat Aybazov suspended for three years!

Google Translate: ” A member of the national team of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic in arm wrestling Aibazov Marat Azretovich was disqualified for three years (from June 07, 2023 to April 23, 2026) for violating the All-Russian Anti-Doping Rules.

 

The decision to disqualify was made by the Presidium of the Russian Armwrestling Federation on June 8, 2023, based on the Decision of the RAA RUSADA Commission No. 67/2023 dated June 07, 2023.”

UPDATE (25 March 2023): The list was updated considering the info from WAF:

Provisional Suspended Athletes
Potential WAF Anti-Doping Rules Violations
Reported by Athlete Country
WAF Balsamello Rodolfo Argentina
WAF Batista Cleiton Brazil
WAF Li Alexendr Kyrgyzstan
WAF Duan Mohd Malaysia
WAF Akil Mehmet Turkiye
WAF Kendirci Mahmut Turkiye
WAF Kuropata Serhii Ukraine
WAF Rudnytskyy Roman Ukraine
WAF Iviyazi Kudatullo Uzbekistan
Australia AD5 Barker Joshua Australia
Australia AD5 Lachlan Carpenter Australia
French AD5 Gogita Khimshiashvili Georgia
French AD5 Marek Majak Poland
French AD5 Anthony Hope USA
Ukraine AD5 Maryna Shulika Ukraine

Source: WAF armwrestling

UPDATE (14.09.2021): The list was updated considering the results from Kazakhstan National Anti-Doping Agency.

Kody Spur Merritt  (received a retroactive TUE  Therapeutic Use Exemption, last year) is now again on the doping list with Methasterone.

 Methasterone, also known as methyldrostanolone and known by the nickname Superdrol, is a synthetic and orally active anabolic–androgenic steroid (AAS) which was never marketed for medical use. It was brought to the black market, instead, in a clandestine fashion as a “designer steroid.” Source: Methasterone – wikipedia

UPDATE: THE TABLE WAS UPDATED, CONSIDERING THE IFA Anti-Doping Actions

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)

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.

9 thoughts on “List of doping cases in Armwrestling”


    1. Denis Cyplenkov did not compete in championships with doping tests. This is a list with armwrestlers that failed the doping test. Trust me, for each armwrestler who failed the doping test there are at least 10 who got away because they were never tested or because they used substances harder to be detected. That doesn’t mean I should put them here. And before you say anything, I want to remember you that I was the first one who pointed out this about Denis Cyplenkov (but it still doesn’t matter as long as he didn’t fail any doping test): http://www.xsportnews.com/armwrestling/denis-cyplenkov-does-not-use-the-hormone-since-november-2010/

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