Elena Andrieș Explained

Fullname:	Elena Ramona Andrieș
Birth Date:	21 September 1994
Weight:	48.79kg (107.56lb)
Sport:	Weightlifting
Team:	National team

Elena Ramona Andrieș (born 21 September 1994) is a Romanian weightlifter,^[1] and two time European Champion competing in the 48 kg category until 2018 and 49 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.^[2] representing Romania at international competitions.

Career

World Championships

She has competed at three world championships, the first being the 2010 World Weightlifting Championships^[3] where she competed as a 16 year old.

European Championships

She also competed at the 2017 European Weightlifting Championships,^[4] where she won a bronze medal in the snatch and total. The following year she competed at the 2018 European Weightlifting Championships in the 48 kg category which was held in her home country of Romania. She won gold medals in all three lifts^[5] finishing with a total of 179 kg.

In 2019 she competed at the 2019 European Weightlifting Championships, which was the first European Weightlifting Championships after the IWF restructured the weight classes. In the 49 kg category she again swept all three gold medals in the snatch, clean & jerk and total.^{[6] [8]}

Major results

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
width=40	1!	width=40	2!	width=40	3!	width=40	Rank!	width=40	1!	width=40	2!	width=40	3!	width=40	Rank
World Championships
	Antalya, Turkey		63	63	66	25	83	83	83	23	146	24
	Anaheim, United States		77	77	79	5	91	95	98	7	177	6
	align=left			83	83	85	7	100	105	105		188
European Championships
	align=left		48 kg	60	63	63	7	75	80	82	7	135	7
	align=left		48 kg	78	81	81	4	95	98	98	4	173	4
	align=left		48 kg	78	81	81	–	93	93	98	–	–	DSQ
	align=left		48 kg	72	75	75		89	89	92	4	164
	align=left		48 kg	75	79	80		94	98	100		179
	align=left		49 kg	82	85	87		100	103	105		190
The British International Open
	align=left		55 kg	80	84	88	1	85	95	102	4	179

References

1. Web site: Elena Ramona ANDRIES . Olympic.org . 7 April 2019 . 7 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190407135017/https://www.olympic.org/elena-ramona-andries . dead.
2. Web site: PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 49 kg . Ashgabat2018.com . 7 April 2019 . 7 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190407124818/http://ashgabat2018.com/img/startlistv2/W49A.pdf . live.
3. Web site: 2010 Weightlifting World Championships - Elena Ramona Andries . IWF.net . 23 June 2016 . 1 August 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120801164051/http://www.iwf.net/results/results-by-events/?event=116 . dead.
4. Web site: Halterofilul Ilie Ciotoiu a cucerit două medalii de bronz la Europenele din Croația . Libertatea.ro . 3 April 2017 . ro . https://web.archive.org/web/20170407143735/http://www.libertatea.ro/sport/halterofilul-ilie-ciotoiu-a-cucerit-doua-medalii-de-bronz-la-europenele-din-croatia-1794882 . 7 April 2017.
5. Web site: 2018 European Championships Results Book . EWFed.com . 7 April 2019 . 30 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200930063037/http://www.ewfed.com/2018/Senior/Results/EWC_2018_Results_Book.pdf . dead.
6. Web site: IWF Sanctions . IWF.net . 7 April 2019 . 1 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190401065956/https://www.iwf.net/anti-doping/sanctions/ . live.
7. Web site: 2019 European Championships Results Book Women . EWFed.com . 7 April 2019 . 7 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190407120051/http://www.ewfed.com/2019/Batumi/Results/FemaleResults.pdf . live. Her total of 190 kg was a full 29 kg ahead of the silver medalist.

   Doping Ban

   In 2013 she tested positive for Stanazolol at the 2013 European Weightlifting Championships and had her performance and medals disqualified. She was banned from competing from 8 April 2013 to 8 April 2015.^[6]

8. Web site: Three Romanian weightlifters test positive for doping . NineOClock.ro . 8 August 2013 . 7 April 2019 . 7 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190407135021/https://www.nineoclock.ro/2013/08/08/three-romanian-weightlifters-test-positive-for-doping/ . live.