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Place of Birth: Preslav, Shumen Province, Bulgaria
About Blagoy Blagoev
- Blagoy Blagoev (Bulgarian: ?????? ???????, born December 4, 1956) is a retired Bulgarian weightlifter.
- Between 1976 and 1984 he claimed seven gold and five silver medals at the Summer Olympics and world and European championships.
- Though he was later disqualified and stripped of the title and medal at the 1976 Olympics and his 1980 Olympic Games medal is controversial.
- He later coached the Australian Paralympic Powerlifting Team in the 1990s to early 2000s.Doping Olympic Disqualification Blagoev was disqualified and stripped of the title and medal at the 1976 Olympics along with his Bulgarian teammate Valentin Hristov for anabolic steroid use.
- Because the IOC had not yet established the lifetime ban of athletes who cheated using PEDs at the Olympics, the Bulgarian was allowed to participate at the 1980 Olympic Games.
- The controversial Games in Moscow Russia is still the only modern Olympic Games in history where no one in the entire Summer Games tested positive for the use of alcohol, stimulants, or PEDs.
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