Izabela Dragneva
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Izabela Dragneva is a retired female weightlifter from Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

, who twice competed for her native country at the Summer Olympics
Summer Olympic Games
The Summer Olympic Games or the Games of the Olympiad are an international multi-sport event, occurring every four years, organized by the International Olympic Committee. Medals are awarded in each event, with gold medals for first place, silver for second and bronze for third, a tradition that...

: 2000
2000 Summer Olympics
The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...

 and 2004
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...

. She won the silver medal in the women's – 53 kg division at the 1998 World Weightlifting Championships
1998 World Weightlifting Championships
The 1998 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Lahti, Finland from November 10 to November 15, 1998. In the men's tournament there were a total number of 210 athletes competing, while there were 122 women in action from 35 nations.-Men:...

 in Lahti
Lahti
Lahti is a city and municipality in Finland.Lahti is the capital of the Päijänne Tavastia region. It is situated on a bay at the southern end of lake Vesijärvi about north-east of the capital Helsinki...

.

Dragneva originally won gold at the 2000 Summer Olympics, but was stripped after testing positive for furosemide; American Tara Nott
Tara Nott
Tara Nott Cunningham was an Olympic weightlifter for the United States. She is the only athlete to have trained for three different sports at the United States Olympic Training Center . Her coaches were Mike Gattone and Bob Morris...

was awarded the gold.
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