Maiya Maneza

Maiya Maneza

Personal information
Born	1 November 1985 (1985-11) (age 39) Tokmok, Kyrgyz SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.61 m (5 ft 3+1⁄2 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	姚丽
Traditional Chinese	姚麗
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yáo Lì other Mandarin Dungan Йо Ли
Russian name
Russian	Майя Салахаровна Манеза
Kazakh name
Kazakh	Майя Салахарқызы Манеза
Sport
Sport	Weightlifting
Event	63 kg
Medal record Representing  Kazakhstan Olympic Games Disqualified 2012 London – 63 kg World Weightlifting Championships 2009 Goyang – 63 kg 2010 Antalya – 63 kg 2011 Paris – 63 kg Asian Games 2010 Guangzhou – 63 kg
Updated on 27 October 2016

Maiya Salakharqyzy Maneza (Kazakh: Майя Салахарқызы Манеза; Russian: Майя Салахаровна Манеза; born 1 November 1985) is a Kazakhstani weightlifter. She initially won the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 63 kg category by lifting a combined weight of 245 kg and set a new Olympic record in the process.^[1][2] She was later stripped of her Olympic medal after a failed drug test.