Galabin Boevski’s reputation was not destroyed by doping

Galabin Boevski, a Bulgarian weightlifter, World Champion and Olympic Champion, was sentenced to nine-month imprisonment due to illicit international drug trade. This athlete was arrested in October 2011 at the Guarulhos International Airport in Brazil after he attempted to board the plane with 8 kg of cocaine. This weightlifter was headed to Bulgaria. Cocaine was estimated. It could be sold at the price of 500, 000 dollars on the streets in European countries.  
Boevski is a well-known sportsperson in Bulgaria. He is claimed to be one of the most celebrated weightlifters in this country.
First he was caught using steroids in 1995. Undoubtedly, he was suspended.
Then this sportsman was caught doping in 2004. It was the second time when he broke doping laws. In fact, Galabin Boevski didn’t test positive for any banned drugs. But anti-doping officials determined that he didn’t provide own urine. The urine that was provided by this sportsman belonged to another individual. As a result, Boevski was sentenced to 8-year suspension. During serving the suspension he was caught smuggling cocaine.
Galabin Boevski became celebrated due to his achievements in weightlifting. This athlete won gold medals at some 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 this sportsperson and his teammates from Bulgaria provided urine samples which belonged to another individual. It was determined by anti-doping officials that the 3 urine samples belonged to one individual. These athletes were sentenced to suspensions. Boevski appealed the suspension but it was not successful.
Boevski broke certain world records at different competitions. He held three world records. The best lifts of this sportsman 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 strange but this athlete’s reputation was not spoiled in Bulgaria. He utilized his status of celebrity in sports in order to establish a Technogym fitness center in Sofia. The center was called Atama Wellness and Spa.
Moreover, the Brazilian judge Maria Isabel do Prado claimed that Galabin Boevski used also his status of celebrity in sports in order to traffic cocaine. She also noted that this weightlifter utilized the participation of his daughter in a Brazilian tennis tournament to hide his illicit operations connected with trafficking of the narcotic.
The weightlifter Galabin Boevski claimed that he would appeal the conviction.