{{Short description|Kazakhstani weightlifter (born 1998)}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Igor Son | image = | nationality = Kazakhstani | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1998|11|16|df=y}} | birth_place = | height = | weight = 55.00 kg | country = Kazakhstan | sport = Weightlifting | event = –55 kg | club = | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalBronze|2020 Tokyo|–61 kg}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalSilver|2019 Pattaya|–55 kg}} }} '''Igor Sergeyevich Son''' (born 16 November 1998) is a Kazakhstani weightlifter.<ref>[http://wfrk.kz/en/person/son-igor/ WFRK profile]</ref>
In 2017, he competed in the men's 56 kg event at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. In 2018, he won the silver medal in the men's 61 kg event at the 5th International Qatar Cup held in Doha, Qatar.
==2019 World Weightlifting== He won the silver medal in the men's 55 kg event at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships held in Pattaya, Thailand.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.iwf.net/new_bw/results_by_events/?event=472 |title=2019 World Weightlifting Championships results |access-date=2019-09-18 |archive-date=2020-05-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200525034039/https://www.iwf.net/new_bw/results_by_events/?event=472 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In that same year, he also won the gold medal in the men's 61{{nbsp}}kg event at the 6th International Qatar Cup held in Doha, Qatar.<ref name="sixth_international_qatar_cup_results_2019">{{Cite web|title=6th International Qatar Cup|url=https://www.iwf.net/new_bw/results_by_events/?event=495|website=International Weightlifting Federation|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200529131150/https://www.iwf.net/new_bw/results_by_events/?event=495|archive-date=29 May 2020|access-date=29 May 2020}}</ref>
==2020 Summer Olympics== In 2021, he won the bronze medal in the men's 61 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.<ref name="second_weightlifting_gold_for_china_heartbreak_for_saudi_arabian_tokyo_2020_2021">{{Cite news|last=Oliver|first=Brian|date=25 July 2021|title=Second weightlifting gold for China - and heartbreak for Saudi Arabian - at Tokyo 2020|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1110740/weightlifting-gold-china-tokyo-2020|access-date=25 July 2021}}</ref>
==Testing== In March 2022, he tested positive for a banned substance.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Oliver |first=Brian |date=4 April 2022 |title=Kazakhstan's Tokyo 2020 Olympic weightlifting medallist and two world champions test positive |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1121453/kazakhstan-weightlifting-positives |access-date=4 April 2022}}</ref> In February 2023, he was suspended for eight years. Kazakhstan has a long history of doping among its professional athletes.<ref>https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/tokyo-olympic-medalist-weightlifter-son-banned-for-doping/ar-AA17MYgS?OCID</ref>
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==External links== * {{IWF}} * {{Olympics.com}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{InterSportStats|3000381753}} * {{Olympic.kz|new_id=5205-son-igor}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Son, Igor}} Category:1998 births Category:Living people Category:Kazakhstani male weightlifters Category:World Weightlifting Championships medalists Category:Weightlifters at the 2020 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic weightlifters for Kazakhstan Category:Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Kazakhstan Category:Olympic medalists in weightlifting Category:Doping cases in weightlifting Category:Kazakhstani sportspeople in doping cases Category:21st-century Kazakhstani sportsmen Category:Koryo-saram sportspeople Category:Kazakhstani people of Korean descent Category:Place of birth missing (living people)