In spite of doping, Galabin Boevski remained to be famous in weightlifting

Galabin Boevski, a Bulgarian weightlifter, World Champion and Olympic Champion, was sentenced to nine-month imprisonment because of illegal international drug trade. This sportsman was arrested in October 2011 at the Guarulhos International Airport in Brazil after he tried to board the plane with 8 kg of cocaine. This sportsperson was headed to Bulgaria. Cocaine was estimated. It could be sold at the price of 500, 000 dollars on the streets in countries of Europe.  
Galabin Boevski is a famous athlete in Bulgaria. He is claimed to be one of the most well-known weightlifters in this country.
First he was caught taking steroids in 1995. Undoubtedly, he was sentenced to suspension.
Then this sportsperson was caught using banned preparations in 2004. It was the second time when he violated doping rules. Actually, Galabin Boevski didn’t test positive for any prohibited preparations. But anti-doping officials defined that he didn’t provide own urine. The urine which was provided by this weightlifter belonged to another person. As a result, Boevski was sentenced to 8-year suspension. During serving the suspension he was caught smuggling cocaine.
Boevski became famous due to his achievements in weightlifting. This athlete won gold medals at several competitions: at the 1999 World Weightlifting Championships in Athens, the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney and the 2001 World Weightlifting Championships in Antalya.
At the 2003 World Championships in Vancouver Galabin Boevski and his teammates from Bulgaria provided urine samples which belonged to another person. It was defined by anti-doping officials that the three urine samples were produced by one individual. These sportsmen received suspensions. Galabi Boevski appealed the suspension but it was not successful.
Galabin Boevski broke certain world records at different competitions. He held three world records. The best lifts of this athlete were following: a 162, 5 kg snatch, 196, 5 kg clean and jerk and a 357, 5 kg of two lifts at the 1999 Championships.
It is wondering but this athlete’s reputation wasn’t destroyed in Bulgaria. He applied his status of celebrity in sports in order to establish a Technogym fitness center in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. The center was named Atama Wellness and Spa.
Furthermore, Maria Isabel do Prado, the Brazilian judge, confirmed that Galabin Boevski applied also his status of celebrity in sports in order to traffic cocaine. She also noted that this sportsman used the participation of his daughter in a Brazilian tennis tournament in order to hide his illegal operations linked with trafficking of the narcotic.
The weightlifter Galabin Boevski confirmed that he would appeal the conviction.