Izabela Dragneva

Izabela Dragneva

Personal information
Born	(1971-10-01) October 1, 1971 (age 45) Varna, Bulgaria
Medal record Women’s Weightlifting Representing  Bulgaria Summer Olympic Games Disqualified 2000 Sydney – 48kg World Championships 1998 Lahti – 53 kg European Championships 1998 Riesa – 53 kg 1999 La Coruña – 53 kg 2000 Sofia – 53 kg 2004 Kiev – 48 kg 2003 Loutraki – 53 kg

Izabela Dragneva-Rifatova (Bulgarian: Изабела Драгнева-Рифатова; born October 1, 1971 in Varna) is a retired female weightlifter from Bulgaria, who twice competed for her native country at the Summer Olympics: 2000 and 2004. She won the silver medal in the women's – 53 kg division at the 1998 World Weightlifting Championships in Lahti.

Dragneva originally won gold at the 2000 Summer Olympics, but was stripped after testing positive for furosemide; American Tara Nott was awarded the gold.

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