Galabin Boevski decided to appeal his conviction related to imprisonment for illegal drug trade

Galabin Boevski, a Bulgarian weightlifter, World Champion and Olympic Champion, was sentenced to nine-month imprisonment because of illicit international drug trade. This person 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 sportsman was led to Bulgaria. The narcotic was estimated. It could be sold at the price of 500, 000 dollars on the streets in European countries.  
Boevski is a celebrated athlete in Bulgaria. He is claimed to be one of the most well-known weightlifters in this country.
First he was caught using steroids in 1995. Of course, he was suspended.
Then this sportsman was caught using banned preparations in 2004. It was the second time when he violated doping laws. In fact, Galabin Boevski didn’t test positive for any prohibited medications. But anti-doping officials determined that he didn’t provide own urine. The urine that was provided by this weightlifter belonged to another person. As a result, Boevski received 8-year suspension. During serving the suspension he was caught trafficking cocaine.
Boevski became famous due to his success 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 Boevski and his teammates from Bulgaria provided urine samples that belonged to another individual. It was determined by anti-doping officials that the 3 urine samples were produced by one person. These sportspersons received suspensions. Boevski appealed the suspension but it was not successful.
Galabin Boevski broke several 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 launch a Technogym fitness center in Sofia. The center was called Atama Wellness and Spa.
Furthermore, the Brazilian judge Maria Isabel do Prado noted that Galabin Boevski applied also his status of celebrity in sports in order to traffic the narcotic cocaine. She also noticed that this athlete utilized the participation of his daughter in a Brazilian tennis tournament in order to cover his illegal deals related to trafficking of the narcotic.
The weightlifter Galabin Boevski decided to appeal the conviction.