Alexandru Bratan | |
Birth Date: | 23 August 1977 |
Birth Place: | Cahul, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union |
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Alexandru Bratan (born 23 August 1977) is a male weightlifter from Moldova. He twice competed for his native country at the Summer Olympics: 2000 and 2004. He is best known for winning the silver medal in the men's heavyweight division ( - 105 kg) at the 2005 World Weightlifting Championships. His brother is Eugen Bratan.
In 2006 the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) banned Alexandru Bratan for life, for the second doping violation.[1] [2] [3]