Gabriel Sîncrăian Explained

Birth Date:	21 December 1988
Birth Place:	Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Sport:	Weightlifting
Club:	SCM Bistrita
Height:	174 cm^[1]
Weight:	84.3kg (185.8lb) (2016)
Website:	www.gabrielsincraian.com

Gabriel Sîncrăian (born 21 December 1988) is a Romanian weightlifter who competes in the 85 kg weight division.

Career

He took part in the 2012 and 2016 Olympics and won a bronze medal in the same 85-kg event in 2016.^[2] Sîncrăian won two more medals at the European championships in 2012 and 2016.^[3]

On 13 October 2016, the IWF reported that Sincraian had tested positive for excess testosterone in a test connected to the Rio Olympics, and he was stripped of the medal.^[4]

In November 2020, the reanalysed doping tests from the 2012 Summer Olympics turned out positive for metenolone and stanozolol as well.^[5]

Notes and References

1. https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/gabriel-sincraian Gabriel Sîncrăian
2. Gabriel Sîncrăian Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com . 2012-08-02 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121217052010/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/si/gabriel-sincraian-1.html . 2012-12-17 .
3. http://www.iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbgwh/daten.php?spid=068B4219C1FA435096866F111E3090FC Sincraian Gabriel (ROU)
4. Web site: Weightlifter Gabriel Sincraian fails Rio Olympic drug test. October 13, 2016. Associated Press. 2016-10-14.
5. https://stillmedab.olympic.org/media/Document%20Library/OlympicOrg/IOC/Who-We-Are/Commissions/Disciplinary-Commission/2020/ITA-LD-LRTII-2718614-IOC-Disciplinary-Commission-Decision.pdf International Olympic Committee Disciplinary Commission Decision