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{{Infobox athlete
| headercolor    = #90EE66
| image        =Zulfiya Chinshanlo 2009.jpg
| image_size     = 240px
| caption        = Chinshanlo at the 2009 World Championships
| birth_name     = 赵常玲 Zhao Changling
| nationality    = Kazakhstan
| residence      = Kazakhstan
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1993|7|25}}
| birth_place    =  
| height         ={{height|m=1.55}}
| weight         ={{convert|53|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| country        = {{KAZ}}
| sport          = Weightlifting
| event          = 53kg
| turnedpro      = 
| coach          = Viktor Ni
| worlds         = 
| regionals      = 
| nationals      = 
| olympics       = 
| highestranking = 
| pb             = {{unbulleted list|Snatch: 98 kg (2014)|Clean and jerk: 134 kg (2014, '''[[List of world records in Olympic weightlifting|WR]]''')|Total: 232 kg (2014)}}
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalSport| Women's Weightlifting}}
{{MedalCountry|{{KAZ}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{Medal|DQ|[[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]]|[[Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics|-53 kg]]}} 
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Weightlifting Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold |[[2009 World Weightlifting Championships|2009 Goyang]]| [[2009 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 53 kg|-53 kg]]}}
{{MedalGold |[[2011 World Weightlifting Championships|2011 Paris]]| [[2011 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 53 kg|-53 kg]]}}
{{MedalGold |[[2014 World Weightlifting Championships|2014 Almaty]]| [[2014 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 53 kg|-53 kg]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2010 Asian Games|2010 Guangzhou]]| [[Weightlifting at the 2010 Asian Games – Women's 53 kg|-53&nbsp;kg]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2014 Asian Games|2014 Incheon]]| [[Weightlifting at the 2014 Asian Games – Women's 53 kg|-53&nbsp;kg]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Youth Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver |[[Weightlifting at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics|2010 Singapore]]|[[Weightlifting at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics – Girls' 58 kg|-58 kg]]}}
}}

'''Zulfiya Chinshanlo''' ({{lang-kk|Зүлфия Чиншанло}}; {{lang-ru|Зульфия Чиншанло}}; {{zh|赵常玲}}, born 25 July 1993) is a Kazakh [[Olympic weightlifting|weightlifter]].<ref name="english.cri.cn">[http://english.cri.cn/8046/2012/10/24/2724s728802.htm Zulfiya Returns Home to Represent China]. cri.cn. 24 October 2012</ref> She set a world record in the [[clean and jerk]] on 29 July 2012 at the [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London Olympics]] by lifting 131&nbsp;kg.<ref name=london2012>{{cite web|title=Zulfiya Chinshanlo|url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/chinshanlo-zulfiya-1136190/|publisher=www.london2012.com|accessdate=29 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Chinshanlo wins Olympic gold, breaks clean and jerk record|url=http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/chinshanlo-wins-olympic-gold-breaks-clean-jerk-record-172918336.html|publisher=Eurosport.Yahoo.com|accessdate=30 July 2012}}</ref>  

However, the validity of her record and title was called into question by a positive blood test result for the banned steroids [[oxandrolone]] and [[stanozolol]], and she was "provisionally suspended" by the [[International Weightlifting Federation]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iwf.net/2016/06/15/public-disclosures/|title=PUBLIC DISCLOSURES {{!}} International Weightlifting Federation|access-date=16 June 2016}}</ref>  Chinshanlo earned a gold medal at the 2014 World Championships. This was Kazakhstan's first podium finish at the competition.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lee|first1=Chin-wei|last2=Wu|first2=Lilian|title=Taiwanese weightlifter takes gold, two silvers at worlds|url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aeas/201411100027.aspx|accessdate=11 November 2014|publisher=Central News Agency|date=11 November 2014}}</ref>

On 27 October 2016, the [[IOC]] stripped her of both her gold medal and world and Olympic records as a result of her doping positive.<ref>[https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-sanctions-eight-athletes-for-failing-anti-doping-test-at-london-2012]</ref>

==Athletic career==
On 8 November 2012, Kazakhstan London Olympic champion Zulfiya Chinshanlo got the Olympic Council of Asia award as the best Asian athlete, along with [[Ilya Ilyin]] and [[Olga Rypakova]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://en.tengrinews.kz/sport/Chinshanlo-and-Ilyin-named-best-athletes-of-Asia-14335/|title=Chinshanlo and Ilyin named best athletes of Asia|work=Tengrinews.kz English|accessdate=12 November 2012}}</ref>

Zulfiya, according to her official profile, is an ethnic [[Dungan people|Dungan]] and speaks a Chinese language ([[Dungan language]]) as her first language.

According to Chinese official media [[Xinhua News]], Zulfiya was born and grew up in [[Hunan Province]], China, thus she has a Chinese name and can speak Chinese much more fluently than Russian. She emigrated to Kazakhstan in 2008 along with [[Maiya Maneza]] with the approval of Hunan sport officials<ref>{{cite web|title=马内扎被曝辽宁出生 湖南官员称其出走经总局同意|url=http://2012.sina.com.cn/zq/wl/2012-08-01/042730997.shtml|publisher=sina.com.cn|accessdate=31 July 2012}}</ref> on a five-year lease contract. She returned to China in 2012.<ref name="english.cri.cn"/><ref>Weijue, Yan (30 July 2012) [http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/sports/ChinaSportsWeekly/2012-07/30/content_15632914.htm Skeleton in the closet of China's weightlifting hierarchy]. China Daily.</ref>

Chinese media wrote that the weightlifter received her Chinese ID in the Public Security Department of Changsha city on 22 October and was going to join the Chinese national team, because her 5-year contract with Kazakhstan allegedly expired.

But [[Kazakhstan]] sports authorities insist that Zulfiya Chinshanlo is a citizen of [[Kazakhstan]]:

<blockquote>“Zulfiya Chinshanlo is our sportswoman. I don’t know why foreign media is discussing a change of her citizenship. She is a citizen of [[Kazakhstan]]. She had been living and training in [[Kazakhstan]] since she was 14. No official claims have been submitted to our Agency or the Weightlifting Federation. Zulfiya was on vacation and decided to visit her relatives in [[China]]. After a break she will go back to training for the world championships and the next Olympics as a member of Kazakhstan national team,” Agency for Sports and Physical Culture Talgat Yermegiyayev said.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://en.tengrinews.kz/sport/Chinshanlo-is-a-citizen-of-Kazakhstan-Talgat-Yermegiyayev-14110/|title=Chinshanlo is a citizen of Kazakhstan: Talgat Yermegiyayev|work=Tengrinews.kz English|accessdate=31 October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://en.tengrinews.kz/sport/China-has-not-officialy-requested-Kazakhstan-to-return-Chinshanlo-14086/|title=China has not officialy [sic] requested Kazakhstan to return Chinshanlo|work=Tengrinews.kz English|accessdate=30 October 2012}}</ref></blockquote>

On 27 October 2012 Chinshanlo came back from [[China]] and announced:

<blockquote>“I would like to say that everything written about me in [[China]] is not true. I have proved it by coming back to [[Kazakhstan]] and being here right now. I would like to thank everyone who supported me. Once again, all these rumors are lies and I don’t want to return to discussing this issue again.”<ref>{{cite news|url=http://en.tengrinews.kz/sport/Nothing-China-writes-about-me-is-true-Zulfiya-Chinshanlo-14076/|title=Nothing China writes about me is true: Zulfiya Chinshanlo|work=Tengrinews.kz English|accessdate=30 October 2012}}</ref></blockquote>

However, according to official Kazakh records, Zulfiya was born 25 July 1993 in [[Almaty]], [[Kazakhstan]]. 
Her father Salakhar Chinshanlo is a businessman who speaks fluently both [[Russian language|Russian]] and [[Dungan language]].

===2012 London Olympics===
[[File:Stamps of Kazakhstan, 2013-06.jpg|thumb|Chinshanlo on a 2013  stamp of Kazakhstan]]
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! rowspan=2 width=250|Athlete
! rowspan=2 width=50|Group
! rowspan=2 width=60|Body weight
!colspan=4| Snatch (kg)
!colspan=4| Clean & Jerk (kg)
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|'''DSQ''' {{gold1}}  ||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Zulfiya Chinshanlo|KAZ|2012 Summer}} || A || 52.70 || <s>92</s> || 92 || 95 || 95 || 125 || 131 || <s>135</s> || 131 || '''226'''
|-
| {{silver2}} ||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Hsu Shu-ching]]|TPE|2012 Summer}} || A || 52.41 || 91 || 94 || 96 || 96 || 120 || <s>123</s> || 123 || 123 || '''219'''
|-
|'''DSQ'''  {{bronze3}} ||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Cristina Iovu]]|MDA|2012 Summer}} || A || 52.79 || 95 ||<s>99</s> || 99 || 99 || 115 || 120 || <s>125</s> || 120 || '''219'''
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==Major results==

{|class = "wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan=2 width=40|Year
! rowspan=2 width=250|Venue
! rowspan=2 width=60|Weight
!colspan=4| Snatch (kg)
!colspan=4| Clean & Jerk (kg)
!rowspan=2 width=40| Total
!rowspan=2 width=40| Rank
|-
! width=40|1
! width=40|2
! width=40|3
! width=40|Rank
! width=40|1
! width=40|2
! width=40|3
! width=40|Rank
|-
! colspan=13|[[Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012]] || align=left| {{flag icon|UK}} [[London]], [[United Kingdom]] || [[Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 53 kg|53 kg]] ||<s>92||92||'''95'''||3||125||'''131'''||<s>135||1||'''226'''||'''{{Gold1}}
|-
! colspan=13|[[World Weightlifting Championships|World Championships]]
|-
|[[2009 World Weightlifting Championships|2009]] || align=left| {{flag icon|KOR}} [[Goyang]], [[South Korea]] || [[2009 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 53 kg|53 kg]] ||<s>87||87||'''90'''||5||120||125||'''129'''||'''{{Gold1}}||'''219'''||'''{{Gold1}}
|-
|[[2011 World Weightlifting Championships|2011]] || align=left| {{flag icon|FRA}} [[Paris]], [[France]] || [[2011 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 53 kg|53 kg]] ||93||'''97'''||<s>100||'''{{Gold1}}||120||126||'''130'''||'''{{Gold1}}||'''227'''||'''{{Gold1}}
|-
|[[2014 World Weightlifting Championships|2014]] || align=left| {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Almaty]], [[Kazakhstan]] || [[2014 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 53 kg|53 kg]] ||95||<s>98||'''98'''|||'''{{Silver2}}||127||133||'''134'''||'''{{Gold1}}||'''232'''||'''{{Gold1}}
|-
! colspan=13|[[Weightlifting at the Asian Games|Asian Games]]
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2010 Asian Games|2010]] || align=left| {{flag icon|CHN}} [[Guangzhou]], [[China]] || [[Weightlifting at the 2010 Asian Games – Women's 53 kg|53 kg]] ||90||95||'''97'''||2||'''122'''||<s>130||<s>130||3||'''219'''||'''{{Silver2}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2014 Asian Games|2014]] || align=left| {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Incheon]], [[South Korea]] || [[Weightlifting at the 2014 Asian Games – Women's 53 kg|53 kg]] ||93||<s>96||'''96'''||3||125||'''132'''||<s>137||1||'''228'''||'''{{Silver2}}
|-
! colspan=13|[[Youth Olympic Games]]
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics|2010]] || align=left| {{flag icon|SIN}} [[Downtown Core|Singapore]], [[Singapore]] || [[Weightlifting at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics – Girls' 58 kg|58 kg]] ||90||'''95'''||<s>97||2||120||125||'''130'''||2||'''225'''||'''{{Silver2}}
|-
! colspan=13|World Youth Championships
|-
|2009 || align=left| {{flagicon|THA}} [[Chiang Mai]], [[Thailand]] || 58&nbsp;kg ||85||89||'''92'''||'''{{Bronze3}}||'''115'''||<s>123||<s>123||'''{{Bronze3}}||'''207'''||'''{{Bronze3}}
|}

In June 2016, IWF announced that retests of the samples taken from the 2012 Olympics indicated that Zulfiya Chinshanlo had tested positive for prohibited substances, namely [[Oxandrolone]] and [[Stanazolol]]. Three other Kazakhs were failed the doping test: [[Ilya Ilyin]], [[Maiya Maneza]] and [[Svetlana Podobedova]].<ref>[http://www.iwf.net/2016/06/15/public-disclosures/ IWF public disclosures]</ref> Their Olympic medals may be revoked.

==See also==
* [[Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 53 kg]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Zulfiya Chinshanlo}}
*[http://www.iwf.net/results/athletes/?athlete=chinshanlo-zulfiya-1993-07-25&id=2862 IWF Profile]
*[http://www.iwrp.net/?view=contestant&id_zawodnik=11958 IWRP Profile]
*[http://www.the-sports.org/weightlifting-chinshanlo-zulfiya-results-identity-s22-c2-b4-o81-w102058.html the-sports.org]

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