Anatolie Cîrîcu Explained

Anatolie Cîrîcu
Birth Date:14 September 1988
Birth Place:Cahul, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union
Weight:94kg (207lb)
Sport:Weightlifting
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Anatolie Cîrîcu (born 14 September 1988) is a Moldovan weightlifter.

Cîrîcu is the champion of the 2012 European Weightlifting Championships for the 94 kg category. He also participated in the 2011 European Weightlifting Championships, where he won the silver medal.

Doping

At the 2012 Summer Olympics he originally won the bronze medal in the men's 94kg category, lifting a total of 407 kg.[1] On 27 July 2016, the IWF reported that, in the IOC's second wave of doping re-sampling, Cîrîcu had tested positive for the steroid dehydrochlormethyltestosterone.[2] In November 2016, he was stripped of his Olympic medal.[3] He is banned by the IWF until 11 May 2023.[4]

Achievements

RankCompetitionHostResult
2011 European Championships Kazan173+217=390
2012 European Championships Antalya178+224=402
DSQDSQDSQ2012 Olympic Games London181+226=407

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Men's 94kg. london2012.com. 4 August 2012. 1 May 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120501192042/http://www.london2012.com/weightlifting/event/men-94kg/index.html. dead.
  2. News: Eleven London 2012 weightlifters fail doping tests. Reuters. 27 July 2016. 8 August 2016.
  3. https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/38056811 "London 2012: Yuliya Zaripova among 12 disqualified after retests"
  4. Web site: Sanctions.