Andrei Toader | |
Birth Date: | 26 May 1997 |
Birth Place: | Râmnicu Vâlcea |
Height: | 1.84 m[1] |
Weight: | 105 kg |
Sport: | Athletics |
Event: | Shot put |
Andrei Rareș Toader (born 26 May 1997) is a Romanian athlete specialising in the shot put. He won several medals in age category competitions.
His personal bests in the shot put is 21.29 metres outdoors (Brno 2021)[2] and 20.79 m indoors (Bucharest 2020).
He finished second at the 2016 World U20 Championships and was promoted to first after Konrad Bukowiecki was disqualified, but later Toader was disqualified too and stripped for the medal for the use of stimulant higenamine.
Representing | ||||||
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2013 | European Youth Olympic Festival | Utrecht, Netherlands | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | Shot put (5 kg) | 18.53 m |
3rd | Discus throw (1.5 kg) | 56.49 m | ||||
2014 | World Junior Championships | Eugene, United States | 9th | Shot put (6 kg) | 19.18 m | |
Youth Olympic Games | Nanjing, China | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | Shot put (5 kg) | 21.00 m | |
2015 | European Junior Championships | Eskilstuna, Sweden | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | Shot put (6 kg) | 20.78 m |
2016 | European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 6th | Shot put | 20.26 m | |
2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 26th (q) | Shot put | 19.81 m | |
2022 | World Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 17th | Shot put | 19.60 m | |
World Championships | Eugene, United States | 18th (q) | Shot put | 19.83 m | ||
European Championships | Munich, Germany | 12th | Shot put | 19.15 m | ||
2023 | European Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | 9th (q) | Shot put | 20.15 m | |
World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | – | Shot put | NM | ||
2024 | European Championships | Rome, Italy | 7th | Shot put | 20.43 m |