Roilya Ranaivosoa

Roilya Ranaivosoa
Personal information
Full nameMarie Hanitra Roilya Ranaivosoa
Born (1990-11-14) 14 November 1990
Curepipe, Mauritius
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight47.96 kg (106 lb)[1]
Sport
Country Mauritius
SportWeightlifting
TeamNational team
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  Mauritius
Commonwealth Games
2022 Birmingham 49 kg
2018 Gold Coast 48 kg
African Games
2015 Brazzaville 53 kg
2019 Rabat 49 kg
Commonwealth Championships
2016 Penang 53 kg
African Championships
2016 Yaoundé 48 kg
2017 Vacoas 48 kg
2018 Mahébourg 53 kg
2019 Cairo 49 kg
2013 Casablanca 69 kg
Updated on 30 January 2022

Marie Hanitra Roilya Ranaivosoa (born 14 November 1990), commonly known as Roilya Ranaivosoa, is a Mauritian weightlifter of Malagasy descent, competing in the 48 kg category and representing Mauritius at international competitions.

She competed at several editions of the World Weightlifting Championships. She participated at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the 58 kg event.

She represented Mauritius at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She finished in 11th place in the women's 49 kg event.

She won the silver medal in the women's 49 kg event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England. In December 2022, she was elected as member of the IWF Athletes' Commission.

However, her career has been marred by a breach of anti-doping regulations, resulting in her resignation from the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Athletes' Commission and subsequent sanctions.

Ranaivosoa's involvement in a doping scandal came to light when the International Testing Agency (ITA), responsible for conducting anti-doping procedures for the IWF, charged her with sample swapping and tampering. The alleged offence occurred in 2016, approximately four months before she participated in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, where she finished ninth in the 48-kilogram category. The alleged sample swapping occurred during an out-of-competition control in Romania, where she was undergoing a training camp under the controversial Romanian Coach Urdas Constantin.

Following the charges, Ranaivosoa resigned from the IWF Athletes' Commission.

In December 2024, the ITA ruled and confirmed Ranaivosoa’s three-year suspension after she admitted to her wrongdoing in the doping scandal. As part of the sanctions, all her titles and achievements from 24 March 2016 to 23 March 2019 were annulled. This includes the potential revocation of her prestigious Best Sportswoman of the Year awards for 2018 and 2019, pending further review.

The admission of guilt marked a dramatic fall from grace for the athlete, whose career had once been a source of national pride. The ruling has left a significant turn in Mauritian sports, as one of its most prominent figures now faces the consequences of actions that compromised the integrity of the sport.

Major results

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Representing  Mauritius
Olympic Games
2021 Tokyo, Japan 49 kg 73 76 76 12 91 95 96 11 164 11
2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Disqualified)
World Championships
2019 Pattaya, Thailand (Disqualified)
2018 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan (Disqualified)
2017 Anaheim, United States (Disqualified)
2015 Houston, United States 48 kg 80 82 82 14 100 100 104 14 180 13
2014 Almaty, Kazakhstan 58 kg 76 79 83 28 96 101 105 23 180 25
Commonwealth Games
2018 Gold Coast, Australia (Disqualified)
2014 Glasgow, Scotland 58 kg 82 82 85 9 100 100 100 - - -
African Games
2019 Rabat, Morocco 49 kg 75 80 80 92 94 95 169
2015 Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo * 53 kg 80 85 85 103 108 108 183
Commonwealth Championships
2016 Penang, Malaysia (Disqualified)
African Championships
2019 Cairo, Egypt 49 kg 71 74 74 93 96 98 164
2018 Mahébourg, Mauritius (Disqualified)
2017 Vacoas, Mauritius (Disqualified)
2016 Yaoundé, Cameroon (Disqualified)
2013 Casablanca, Morocco 69 kg 71 71 75 4 87 92 95 166

* Originally, she was second place in snatch and total, but later, the originally gold medallist Nigerian Elizabeth Onuah was disqualified.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Roilya Ranaivosoa". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 11 December 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Doping ban shock for Nigeria". Independent Online. 24 January 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
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