Bio

Zulfiya Salakharqyzy Chinshanlo (Kazakh: Зүлфия Салахарқызы Чиншанло; Russian: Зульфия Салахаровна Чиншанло; Chinese: 赵常玲, born 25 July 1993) is a Kazakhstani weightlifter. She set a world record in the clean and jerk on 29 July 2012 at the 2012 London Olympics by lifting 131 kg. 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. Chinshanlo earned a gold medal at the 2014 World Championships. This was Kazakhstan's first podium finish at the competition. 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. In July 2021, she represented Kazakhstan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She won the bronze medal in the women's 55 kg event.