Andrei Toader Explained

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.

Competition record

Representing
2013European Youth Olympic FestivalUtrecht, Netherlandsbgcolor=silver2ndShot put (5 kg)18.53 m
3rdDiscus throw (1.5 kg)56.49 m
2014World Junior ChampionshipsEugene, United States9thShot put (6 kg)19.18 m
Youth Olympic GamesNanjing, Chinabgcolor=silver2ndShot put (5 kg)21.00 m
2015European Junior ChampionshipsEskilstuna, Swedenbgcolor=silver2ndShot put (6 kg)20.78 m
2016European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands6thShot put20.26 m
2021Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan26th (q)Shot put19.81 m
2022World Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia17thShot put19.60 m
World ChampionshipsEugene, United States18th (q)Shot put19.83 m
European ChampionshipsMunich, Germany12thShot put19.15 m
2023European Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey9th (q)Shot put20.15 m
World ChampionshipsBudapest, HungaryShot putNM
2024European ChampionshipsRome, Italy7thShot put20.43 m

Notes and References

  1. http://www.european-athletics.org/athletes/group=t/athlete=145067-toader-andrei/index.html EAA profile
  2. News: Weight Throw: Rares Toader breaks national records, qualifies for Tokyo Olympics. agerpres.ro. 14 June 2021. 22 July 2021.