Eugen Bratan Explained

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Eugen Bratan
Birth Date:22 May 1981
Birth Place:Cahul, Moldavian SSR
Weight:940NaN0
Sport:Weightlifting
Event:94 kg

Eugen Bratan (also Evgheni Bratan, born May 22, 1981, in Cahul) is a Moldovan weightlifter.[1] He won a bronze medal for the 94 kg class at the 2007 European Weightlifting Championships in Strasbourg, France, with a total of 382 kg.[2] He is also a brother of two-time Olympian Alexandru Bratan (2000 and 2004).[3]

Bratan made his official debut for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he competed in the men's middle heavyweight category class (94 kg). He finished only in tenth place by 2.5 kilograms short of his record from Spain's Santiago Martínez, with a total of 380 kg (175 in the snatch and 205 in the clean and jerk).

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Bratan qualified for the second time in the men's 94 kg class, after winning the bronze medal in the snatch from the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships in Chiang Mai, Thailand.[4] Bratan placed thirteenth in this event, as he successfully lifted 170 kg in the single-motion snatch, and hoisted 200 kg in the two-part, shoulder-to-overhead clean and jerk, for a total of 370 kg.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Eugen Bratan . 28 January 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130207130257/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/br/eugen-bratan-1.html . 7 February 2013 .
  2. News: Strossen. Randall. Szymon Kolecki: Three Golds. Iron Mind. 21 April 2007. 28 January 2013.
  3. no . Alexandru Bratan . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418025034/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/br/alexandru-bratan-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 28 January 2013.
  4. News: Strossen. Randall. Konstantinov Wins the 94s. Iron Mind. 23 September 2007. 28 January 2013.
  5. News: Men's 94kg (207 lbs) . . 28 January 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120730233619/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/weightlifting/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DWLM094000/standings.html . 30 July 2012 .