Roilya Ranaivosoa
Marie Hanitra Roilya Ranaivosoa, commonly known as Roilya Ranaivosoa, is a Mauritian weightlifter of Malagasy descent, competing in the 48 kg category and representing Mauritius at international competitions.
Ranaivosoa is currently serving a three-year ban set to expire in May 2026 for an anti-doping rule violation.
Career
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.
Anti-doping sanction
In December 2024, Ranaivosoa received a three-year ban backdated to May 2023 from the International Testing Agency for tampering with a doping control sample in March 2016. The infraction centred on the swapping of samples as her DNA reportedly did not match the two samples collected in March 2016 and two months later. In addition, all her competition results between 24 March 2016 and 23 March 2019 were disqualified, including her ninth-place finish at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Before the public announcement of the ban, she resigned from the International Weightlifting Federation Athletes' Commission, to which she had been elected in 2022.
Major results
* Originally, she was second place in snatch and total, but later, the originally gold medallist Nigerian Elizabeth Onuah was disqualified.