Adrián Popa Explained

Birth Name:	Adrián Popa
Nationality:	Hungarian
Birth Date:	8 December 1971
Birth Place:	Sibiu, Romania
Height:	160 cm
Weight:	68 kg
Sport:	Weightlifting
Event:	- 64kg,  - 69kg,  - 77kg
Club:	Nyíregyházi Vasutas Sport Club

Adrián Popa (born 8 December 1971, in Sibiu) is a Hungarian weightlifter of Romanian descent.

He has represented his country in the Men's 64 kg event of the 1996 Summer Olympics, ranking 5th,^{[1] [2]} the Men's 69 kg event of the 1998 World Weightlifting Championships,^[3] the Men's 77 kg event of the 1999 World Weightlifting Championships^[4] and the Men's 77 kg event of the 2000 Summer Olympics.^[5]

Major results

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)					Clean & Jerk (kg)					Total	Rank
width=40	1	width=40	2	width=40	3	width=40	Results	width=40	Rank	width=40	1	width=40	2	width=40	3	width=40	Results	width=40	Rank
Representing
Olympic Games
			—	—	—	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	DNS
			130.0	135.0	137.5	135.0	10	167.5	172.5	172.5	172.5	5	307.5	5
World Championships
			147.5	152.5	155.0	155.0	7	192.5	197.5	197.5	192.5	7	347.5	7
			140.0	145.0	150.0	150.0	22	187.5	195.0	200.0	200.0	5	350.0	12
			135.0	135.0	140.0	135.0	18	180.0	185.0	187.5	180.0	8	315.0	12
			135.0	140.0	140.0	135.0	12	177.5	182.5	182.5	177.5	7	312.5	9
		64 kg				130.0	14				170.0	5	300.0	8^[6]
European Championships
		77 kg	140.0	145.0	150.0	150.0	6	185.0	190.0	192.5	190.0	4	340.0	4
		69 kg	135.0	135.0	135.0	135.0	16	172.5	177.5	182.5	177.5	4	312.5	6
		70 kg	137.5	140.0	140.0	137.5	9	177.5	177.5	180.0	180.0		317.5	5
Representing
European Championships
		64 kg				125.0	8				162.5	7	287.5	8
		67.5 kg				120.0	11				165.0	8	285.0	8

References

1. Adrián Popa Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418121340/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/adrian-popa-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 1 February 2020.
2. Web site: Official Olympic Report . . 14 April 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080522105330/http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm . 22 May 2008 . dead.
3. http://www.qwa.org/magazines/Jan99.doc Results
4. Web site: Database Weightlifting . uni-leipzig.de . 26 May 2015.
5. Web site: Weightlifting at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418031433/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2000/WLT/mens-middleweight.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com . 26 May 2015.
6. News: Popa nyolcadik lett . . Hungarian . 20 November 1995 . 12 December 2017.