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{{Infobox sportsperson
| image = Stamps of Kazakhstan, 2013-07.jpg
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| birth_name = 姚丽; YAO Li; Майя Манеза
| nationality =
| residence =
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|1 November 1985}}
| birth_place = [[Tokmok]], [[Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic|Kyrgyz SSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
| height = {{height|m=1.61}}
| weight = {{convert|63|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| country =
| sport = Weightlifting
| event = 63 kg
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| regionals =
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| olympics =
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| medaltemplates =
{{MedalCountry|{{KAZ}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}
{{Medal|DQ|[[2012 Olympic Games|2012 London]]|[[Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 63 kg|– 63 kg]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Weightlifting Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold |[[2009 World Weightlifting Championships|2009 Goyang]]| [[2009 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 63 kg|– 63 kg]]}}
{{MedalGold |[[2010 World Weightlifting Championships|2010 Antalya]]| [[2010 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 63 kg|– 63 kg]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[2011 World Weightlifting Championships|2011 Paris]]| [[2011 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 63 kg|– 63 kg]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}}
{{MedalGold|[[2010 Asian Games|2010 Guangzhou]]|[[Weightlifting at the 2010 Asian Games#63 kg|– 63 kg]]}}
| updated = 27 October 2016
}}

'''Maiya Maneza''' ({{zh|姚丽}}; {{lang-kk|Майя Манеза}}; {{lang-ru|Майя Манеза}}, born 1 November 1985) is a [[Kazakhstan|Kazakh]] [[Olympic weightlifting|weightlifter]]. She initially won the gold medal at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] in the 63 kg category by lifting a combined weight of 245 kg and set a new Olympic record in the process.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sbnation.com/london-olympics-2012/2012/7/31/3207012/weightlifting-womens-63kg-results-gold-medal|title=Women's 63kg Weightlifting: Maiya Maneza Of Kazakhstan Takes Gold Medal|publisher=SB Nation|accessdate=8 September 2012}}</ref><ref>[http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/maiya-maneza-1.html Maiya Maneza]. sports-reference.com</ref> She was later stripped of her Olympic medal after a failed drug test.

==Personal life==
Maneza is a member of the ethnic [[Dungan people|Dungan]] minority. Born in Kyrgyzstan, she moved to Kazakhstan in 2007 and competes for Kazakhstan. Chinese media reported that her name was Yao Li (姚丽), and she was born in TaYingZi Village, WuHuanChi Town, [[Fuxin Mongol Autonomous County]], [[Liaoning]] Province, and was emigrated to Kazakhstan in 2008 along with [[Zulfiya Chinshanlo]] 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 lease contract.

Following her Olympic medal win the [[People's Republic of China]] government news agency, [[Xinhua News Agency|Xinhua]] claimed that Maneza and fellow weightlifter [[Zulfiya Chinshanlo]] should be regarded as Chinese. The government of Kazakhstan rejected this claim and accused China of "poor sportsmanship".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asianews.it/news-en/London-2012:-to-lead-in-medals-table,-China-claims-two-Kazakh-golds-25461.html|title=London 2012: to lead in medals table, China "claims" two Kazakh golds |publisher=AsiaNews|accessdate=8 September 2012}}</ref>

==Failed drug tests==
In June 2016, the [[International Weightlifting Federation]] (IWF) announced that retests of the samples taken from the [[2012 Olympic Games|2012 London Games]] indicated that Maneza had tested positive for prohibited substances, namely [[stanazolol]]. The samples of three other Kazakhs also returned positive test results upon re-analysis: [[Zulfiya Chinshanlo]], [[Svetlana Podobedova]] and [[Ilya Ilyin]].<ref>[http://www.iwf.net/2016/06/15/public-disclosures/ IWF public disclosures 2016-06-15]</ref> On 27 October 2016, the [[IOC]] stripped Maneza of her 2012 Olympic gold medal.<ref name=IOC20161027>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-sanctions-eight-athletes-for-failing-anti-doping-test-at-london-2012|title=IOC SANCTIONS EIGHT ATHLETES FOR FAILING ANTI-DOPING TEST AT LONDON 2012|publisher=International Olympic Committee|date=27 Oct 2016|accessdate=2016-10-27}}</ref>

In August 2016, the IWF reported that retests of the samples taken from the [[2008 Olympic Games|2008 Beijing Games]] indicated that Maneza had returned an adverse analytical finding for [[stanazolol]], she being among 15 weightlifters from [[Azerbaijan]], [[Belarus]], [[China]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[Russia]] and [[Ukraine]] whose samples returned positive test results upon re-analysis. The three other Kazakhs were [[Mariya Grabovetskaya]] and [[Irina Nekrassova]], whose Olympic medals were revoked by the IOC on 17 November 2016, and [[Vladimir Sedov]].<ref>[http://www.iwf.net/2016/08/24/public-disclosures-5/ IWF public disclosures 2016-08-24]</ref> The [[IOC]] also disqualified Maneza from the 2008 Olympic Games for failing a drugs test in a re-analysis of her doping sample from 2008, even though she withdrew from the competition before it was held.<ref>{{cite web|title=IOC sanctions 16 athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008|url=https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-sanctions-16-athletes-for-failing-anti-doping-tests-at-beijing-2008|publisher=[[IOC]]|accessdate=17 November 2016}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:1985 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Hui people]]
[[Category:Kazakhstani female weightlifters]]
[[Category:Former world record holders in weightlifting]]
[[Category:Olympic weightlifters of Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Weightlifters at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Weightlifters at the 2012 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:World Weightlifting Championships medalists]]
[[Category:Asian Games medalists in weightlifting]]
[[Category:Asian Games gold medalists for Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Weightlifters at the 2010 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Doping cases in weightlifting]]
[[Category:Kazakhstani sportspeople in doping cases]]
[[Category:Competitors stripped of Olympic medals]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games]]

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