Dmitry Berestov

Dmitry Vladimirovitch Berestov (Russian: Дмитрий Владимирович Берестов; born June 13, 1980 in Moscow) is a Russian weightlifter who won the gold medal in the 105 kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He is 186 cm/6 ft 1 tall and weighs 105 kg/231 lb.

Olympic medal record
Representing  Russia
Men's weightlifting
Olympic Games
2004 Athens-105 kg
European Championships
2004 Kyiv-105 kg
2008 Lignano Sabbiadoro-105 kg

In July 2006, Berestov failed a drugs test and faced a two-year competition ban. [1] In 2008 the suspension ended and Berestov returned to the 2008 European Weightlifting Championships, where he won the Gold medal in the overall.

References
  1. Berestov is disqualified for two years Archived August 22, 2006, at the Wayback Machine Gazeta.ru 13 July 2006


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