
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 |
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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 – |
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 | 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.
Cannabis is doping?
Cannabis is prohibited but Semerenko also had clenbuterol which is forbidden for very good reasons:
1. http://www.usada.org/substances/marijuana-faq/
2. https://www.steroid.com/Clenbuterol.php
Interesting
what mean N.A .
its test is negative
and no sanction?
It is explained in header of the table N.A. = Not Announced. This means that the suspension period was not announced yet.
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thank you for quik answer
one thing can armwreslers from list N.A. participite to europian championship ?
Koba Boss No, they can’t compete in any competition.
Denis Cypelnkov has used steroids for years. Where is he??
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/