Valentin Xristov

Valentin Hristov

Personal information
Nationality	Bulgarian / Azerbaijani
Born	(1994-03-30) 30 March 1994 (age 23) Shumen, Bulgaria
Height	1.56 m (5 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Weight	62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
Country	Azerbaijan
Sport	Weightlifting
Event(s)	62 kg
Coached by	Zlatan Vanev
Medal record Representing the  Azerbaijan Men's weightlifting Summer Olympics 2012 London -56 kg World Championships 2011 Paris -56 kg Disqualified 2015 Houston -62 kg European Championships 2012 Antalya -56 kg Disqualified 2013 Tirana -62 kg 2015 Tbilisi -62 kg

Valentin Hristov (birth name Bulgarian: Валентин Христов, born 30 March 1994) is a Bulgarian naturalized Azerbaijaniweightlifter. He won a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, which was Azerbaijan's first-ever Olympic medal in this discipline.

Xristov's personal trainer is Zlatan Vanev. He has been competing for Azerbaijan since 2011.

As a result of a positive drug test for Dehydromethyltestosterone (turinabol), he was disqualified from the 2013 European Championships and has received a two-year ban starting from the 9th of April 2013 till the 9th of April 2015. Four other athletes from the Azerbaijani team also tested positive and as a result the federation has been forced to pay a fine of $500,000.

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