Lidia
Valentin Perez
39Y 10M 13D
10.02.1985in Ponferrada
Olympic medals from Lidia Valentin Perez
3 Medals in 3 Games
2008 - 2016
Medals
Weightlifting
Women´s Heavyweight
on August 3, 2012
in London
Result
26575kg The Spanish Lidia Valentin was disappointed fourth with 265kg. During a follow-up test of the doping samples from 2012, it emerged that all three medalists Kazakhstani Svetlana Podobedowa and Russian Natalya Zabolotnaya with 291kg each and Belarusian Iryna Kulesha with 269kg doped with stanazolol and Turinabol. In 2016 all three were disqualified and had to hand over their medals. The following athletes moved up and Lidia Valentin even became Olympic champion afterwards. But she was cheated out of the immediate feelings of deserved triumph.
Weightlifting
Women´s Heavyweight
on August 15, 2008
in Beijing
Result
250.075kg The Chinese Cao Lei....