Azerbaijani weightlifter
Firidun Guliyev (Azerbaijani: Firidun Quliyev; born 25 June 1994) is an Azerbaijani weightlifter.
At the 2011 European Junior Championships Guliyev won the bronze medal in the 69 kg category, lifting 303 kg in total.[1]
and a gold medal at the 2012 European Junior Championships.[2]
At the 2013 Junior World Championships he won the bronze medal in the 69 kg category, lifting 308 kg in total.[3]
Guliyev won a gold medal in the 2013 Summer Universiade[4] and a bronze medal at the 2013 World Weightlifting Championships.[5] but later lost both medals and was banned from international competition by the International Weightlifting Federation for 2 years for use of anabolic steroids.[6]
He held a youth world record with a Clean & Jerk of 173 kg in the 69 kg division, but Clarence Cummings Jr. relinquished the record at the 2016 Junior World Championships with a Clean and Jerk of 180 kg.[7]
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