Azerbaijan at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

Infobox Paralympics Azerbaijan
games=2000 Summer
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gold= 0
silver= 1
bronze= 0
total= 1
rank= 60

Azerbaijan competed at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia having won one silver medal. Powerlifter Gunduz Ismayilov who initially had won a gold medal in Men's -90kg competition lifting 240 kg to set a world record was stripped of it with his record nullified after testing positive for the anabolic steroid nandrolone. [ [http://www.sabcnews.com/features/paralympics/index.html Paralympic drug cheats beat Olympic record] . SABC News. Retrieved 16 September 2008] Ismayilov subsequently was banned from the Paralympics for life in 2004 after testing positive for stanazolol in the 2004 Summer Paralympics. [ [http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2004-09-22-paralympics-steroids_x.htm Two powerlifters test positive for banned substances] . "USA Today". 22 September 2004. Retrieved 16 September 2008]

Medalists

References

ee also

*Azerbaijan at the 2000 Summer Olympics

External links

* [http://www.paralympic.org/release/Main_Sections_Menu/Paralympic_Games/Past_Games/Sydney_2000/ Sydney 2000 Press Release] - IPC
* [http://www.paralympic.org International Paralympic Committee]