World and Olympic champion was sentenced to prison due to drug trade

The world champion in weightlifting Galabin Boevski was sentenced to nine-month imprisonment because of illicit international drug trade. He 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 European countries.  
Galabin Boevski is a celebrated sportsperson in Bulgaria. He is claimed to be one of the most celebrated weightlifters in this country.
First he was caught administering steroids in 1995. Of course, he was sentenced to suspension.
Then this sportsperson was caught using banned medications in 2004. It was the second time when he violated doping laws. In fact, Boevski didn’t test positive for any forbidden medications. But anti-doping officials determined that he didn’t provide own urine. The urine which was provided by this athlete belonged to another person. As a result, Galabin Boevski was sentenced to 8-year suspension. During serving the suspension he was caught trafficking cocaine.
Galabin Boevski became famous due to his achievements in weightlifting. This sportsperson 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 athletes were sentenced to suspensions. Galabi Boevski appealed the suspension but it was not successful.
Galabin Boevski broke certain world records at various competitions. He held 3 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 weightlifter’s reputation was not spoiled in Bulgaria. He used his status of celebrity in sports in order to establish a Technogym fitness center in Sofia. The center was named Atama Wellness and Spa.
Furthermore, Maria Isabel do Prado, the Brazilian judge, noticed that Boevski used also his status of celebrity in sports in order to smuggle the narcotic cocaine. She also noticed that this weightlifter utilized the participation of his daughter in a Brazilian tennis tournament to cover his illicit operations linked with smuggling of the narcotic.
Galabin Boevski claimed that he would appeal the conviction.