Uzbekistan coach Fazliddin Umirzakov accepts 6-year ban for anti-doping violations
A Para powerlifting coach attempted to tamper with the doping control process during an out-of-competition test and was complicit in concealing an athlete’s use of a Prohibited Substance. 04 Feb 2026
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has banned Para powerlifting coach Fazliddin Umirzakov for a period of six (6) years for committing multiple anti-doping rule violations (ADRVs), in breach of the IPC Anti-Doping Code (the Code).
The violations arose from an out-of-competition doping control test conducted on 27 April 2024 in respect of athlete Farhod Umirzakov. Fazliddin Umirzakov (the athlete’s coach) attempted to tamper with the doping control process during the athlete’s test and was complicit in assisting the athlete to conceal the use of a Prohibited Substance.
After the athlete had been formally notified of the doping control test, the coach requested that the Doping Control Officer (DCO) leave and return at a later date to collect the sample and suggested the DCO falsify the record of their initial visit. The coach also assisted the Athlete in concealing the use of a Prohibited Substance, by advising him to omit the use of growth hormone from the medications and supplements listed on his Doping Control Form. Growth hormone is included on the WADA 2024 Prohibited List under class S2.2 (Peptide Hormones and their Releasing Factors). It is listed as a Non-Specified Substance and is prohibited at all times.
The IPC’s previous press release in relation to the sanction imposed upon the athlete, Farhod Umirzakov, can be accessed here.
The coach was charged with the commission of ADRVs under Articles 2.5 and 2.9 of Part Three of the Code (the IPC IF Rules), in respect of: (i) Tampering or Attempted Tampering with the doping control process; and (ii) Complicity or Attempted Complicity in the athlete’s ADRVs.
The coach was provisionally suspended by the IPC on 14 June 2024 pending a resolution of his case.
After initially denying the allegations, on 8 September 2025 the coach accepted that he committed the violations and the consequences proposed by the IPC.
As a result, the coach is banned from coaching or participating in any capacity in any competition or activity authorised or organised by the IPC or any other signatory to the World Anti-Doping Code for six (6) years, commencing on 14 June 2024 and expiring on 13 June 2030. The sanction includes two (2) years for the Complicity violation (14 June 2024 to 13 June 2026) and four (4) years for Tampering (14 June 2026 to 13 June 2030), served consecutively.
Jude Ellis, the IPC’s Head of Anti-Doping said: “This case highlights the important role coaches play in maintaining integrity in sport. Instead of using his influence to foster clean sport values and ethical behaviours in athletes, this coach used his influence to try to tamper with the doping control process, which has resulted in severe penalties for him.”
The IPC Anti-Doping Code does not only apply to athletes. Coaches and other support personnel are held to the highest standards of integrity in sport. An ADRV for Tampering or Complicity occurs when a person intentionally interferes with the doping control process or assists, encourages, or covers up an athlete’s or other person’s anti-doping rule violation.
As a signatory of the World Anti-Doping Code (the WADC), the IPC remains committed to a doping-free sporting environment at all levels. The IPC has established the IPC Anti-Doping Code in compliance with the general principles of the WADC, including the WADC International Standards, expecting that, in the spirit of sport, it will lead the fight against doping in sport for athletes with an impairment.