Irina Nekrassova

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'''Irina Nekrassova''' (born March 1, 1988)<ref name="IWF results" /> is a female [[Olympic weightlifting|weightlifter]] from [[Kazakhstan]].

==Career==
At the [[2007 World Weightlifting Championships]] she ranked 9th in the 69 kg category, lifting 228 kg in total.<ref name="IWF results">{{cite web|title=NEKRASSOVA Irina|publisher=International Weightlifting Federation|url=http://www.iwf.net/results/results_athlete_e.php?compid=1801}}</ref>

She initially won the silver medal in the 63 kg category at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]], with 240 kg in total. On 17 November 2016 the [[IOC]] disqualified her from the 2008 Olympic Games, stripped her Olympic medal and struck her results from the record for failing a drugs test in a re-analysis of her doping sample from 2008.<ref>{{cite web|title=Doping: 2008 Beijing Olympics medal winners among 16 athletes banned for doping|publisher=BBC|url=http://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/38017277|date=2016-11-17}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080816163612/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/6/230716.shtml Athlete Biography] at beijing2008

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[[Category:1988 births]]
[[Category:Competitors stripped of Olympic medals]]
[[Category:Kazakhstani female weightlifters]]
[[Category:Olympic weightlifters of Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Weightlifters at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Weightlifters at the 2006 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Doping cases in weightlifting]]
[[Category:Kazakhstani sportspeople in doping cases]]

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Irina Nekrassova