Honours īulgarian Sportsperson of the Year - 1999 The English version was published on as print and e-book. The book spans Boevski's entire career as well as his cocaine conviction and release. The book was written by Ognian Georgiev, a sports editor for the daily newspaper Bulgaria Today. On December 21, 2013, Trud published a biography on Boevski's life entitled The White Prisoner: Galabin Boevski's Secret Story (Bulgarian: Белият затворник. The Bulgarian authorities were criticized for the lack of coordination and communication with their Brazilian counterparts - mainly for not indicting Boevski in Bulgaria and for not knowing of his Brazilian expulsion. Subsequently, it was made clear that Boevski was expulsed from prison following a usual Brazilian procedure for expulsion of foreign prisoners. The Bulgarian authorities had not been informed of his release and had no comment.
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A little over a year later, in October 2013, Boevski surprisingly landed at Sofia's airport as a free man. He supposed that he might have picked up the wrong suitcases intended for someone else. Until the end of his trial, Boevski maintained his position that he is absolutely innocent and is not a mule or a drug trafficker. In May 2012, Boevski was sentenced to 9 years and 4 months in prison by the Federal Court in Brazil. The drug was found hidden in special secret compartments inside his suitcase. He was, allegedly recruited as a mule to smuggle illegal drugs from Brazil to Western Europe. Major Results Yearīoevski was arrested in October 2011, for possession of 9 kg of cocaine at the Guarulhos Airport in São Paulo, Brazil, on his way back from a tennis tournament for his daughter, Sara. In 2004, Galabin Boevski was suspended for eight years for failing a second drug test. His Total world record of 357.5 kg (set at the 1999 World Championships) not being broken until 2013 by a total of 358 kg by Liao Hui. He became world champion for the second time in 2001, and European champion in 2002 and in 2003.īoevski set six Senior World Records in the 69 kg class during his career. At the 2000 Summer Olympics he won the gold medal in the lightweight class. Boevski became World Champion in the lightweight class in 1999, and was also European champion this year.
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