Azerbaijan competed at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia having won one silver medal. Powerlifter Gunduz Ismayilov who initially had won a gold medal in Men's -90kg competition lifting 240 kg to set a world record was stripped of it with his record nullified after testing positive for the anabolic steroid nandrolone.Paralympic drug cheats beat Olympic record . SABC News. Retrieved 16 September 2008 Ismayilov subsequently was banned from the Paralympics for life in 2004 after testing positive for stanazolol in the 2004 Summer Paralympics.Two powerlifters test positive for banned substances. USA Today. 22 September 2004. Retrieved 16 September 2008
Medalists Medal Name Sport Event Date Yelena Taranova Shooting Mixed free pistol - SH1 24 October
See also Azerbaijan at the Paralympics Azerbaijan at the 2000 Summer Olympics
References
External links Sydney 2000 Press Release, International Paralympic Committee