Galabin Boevski, a Bulgarian weightlifter, World Champion and Olympic Champion, was sentenced to nine-month imprisonment due to illicit international drug trade. This sportsperson was arrested in October 2011 at the Guarulhos International Airport in Brazil after he tried to board the plane with eight kg of cocaine. Galabin Boevski was led to Bulgaria. The narcotic was estimated. It could be sold at the price of 500, 000 dollars on the streets in countries of Europe.
Galabin Boevski is a celebrated athlete in Bulgaria. He is considered to be one of the most celebrated weightlifters in this country.
First he was caught taking steroids in 1995. Undoubtedly, he was sentenced to suspension.
Then this sportsperson was caught using banned preparations in 2004. It was the second time when he violated doping laws. Actually, Boevski didn’t test positive for any steroids. But anti-doping officials defined that he didn’t provide own urine. The urine which was provided by this athlete belonged to another person. As a result, Galabin Boevski was sentenced to 8-year suspension. During serving the suspension he was caught trafficking cocaine.
Boevski became prominent due to his achievements in weightlifting. This sportsperson won gold medals at some competitions: at the 1999 World Weightlifting Championships in Athens, the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney and the 2001 World Weightlifting Championships in Antalya.
At the 2003 World Championships in Vancouver Galabin Boevski and his teammates from Bulgaria provided urine samples that belonged to another individual. It was determined by anti-doping officials that the three urine samples were produced by one person. These sportspersons were sentenced to suspensions. Boevski appealed the suspension but it was unsuccessful.
Galabin Boevski broke some world records at various competitions. He held 3 world records. The best lifts of this athlete were following: a 162, 5 kg snatch, 196, 5 kg clean and jerk and a 357, 5 kg of two lifts at the 1999 Championships.
It is strange but this athlete’s reputation wasn’t destroyed in Bulgaria. He used his status of celebrity in sports in order to launch a Technogym fitness center in Sofia. The center was named Atama Wellness and Spa.
Furthermore, the Brazilian judge Maria Isabel do Prado confirmed that Boevski utilized also his status of celebrity in sports in order to smuggle cocaine. She also noticed that this sportsperson utilized the participation of his daughter in a Brazilian tennis tournament to hide his illegal operations related to trafficking of the narcotic.
The weightlifter Galabin Boevski confirmed that he would appeal the conviction.
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