Loredana Toma Explained

Loredana Toma
Full Name:Loredana Elena Toma
Nickname:Tomanator
Nationality:Romanian
Birth Date:10 May 1995
Birth Place:Botoșani, Romania
Height:165 cm
Weight:63.95 kg
Country:Romania
Sport:Weightlifting
Event:–71 kg
Club:CS Rapid Bucuresti
Coach:Constantin Urdaș[1]
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Loredana Elena Toma (born 10 May 1995) is a Romanian weightlifter,[2] two time World Champion and four time European Champion competing in the 58 kg and 63 kg categories until 2018 and 64 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[3] She now competes at the 71kg category.

Career

Olympic Games

In August 2024, Toma competed in the women's 71kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France. She lifted 115 kg in the Snatch placing third but she failed three attempts in the Clean & Jerk.

World Championships

After winning the 2017 European Weightlifting Championships she competed at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships in the 63 kg division. She won gold medals in the snatch, clean & jerk and total, finishing with a total of 237 kg, a full 12 kg over the silver medalist Lina Rivas.[4] She won the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships in the 71kg division, snatching a new world record of 119kg and clean and jerking 137kg for a total of 256kg.[5]

European Championships

After winning two silver medals in the 58 kg categories at the 2013 and 2014 European Weightlifting Championships she moved up weight classes to the 63 kg in 2017. At the 2017 European Weightlifting Championships she won gold medals in all lifts to win her first European Championship.

In 2018, fresh off of a World Championships gold medal, she competed at the 2018 European Weightlifting Championships[6] in her home country of Romania. She again won gold medals in all lifts, with her final total of 236 kg being 17 kg over the silver medalist Irina Lepșa, and 6 kg over the gold medallist of the next highest (69 kg) category.[7]

Doping case

In 2014 she tested positive for Stanozolol and was banned for two years by the International Weightlifting Federation.[8]

Major results

YearVenueWeightSnatch (kg)Clean & Jerk (kg)TotalRank
width=60 1width=60 2width=60 3width=45 Rankwidth=60 1width=60 2width=60 3width=45 Rank
Summer Olympics
align=left Paris, France 111115117 131133134 —
World Championships
align=left Wrocław, Poland 91 95 98 6 111 116 118 5 213 4
align=left Anaheim, United States 103 106 109 123 126 128 237
align=left Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 106 110 112 124 128 129 7 234
Pattaya, Thailand 107 112 116 127 127 128 4 240
Bogotá, Colombia 113 117 119 WR 133 137 140 4 256
IWF World Cup
align=left Rome, Italy 64 kg 100 105 113 122 130 136 249
Phuket, Thailand 71 kg 105 110 110 14 125 130 134 14 235 12
European Championships
align=left Antalya, Turkey 63 kg 77 82 85 6 97 102 105 9 187 7
align=left Tirana, Albania 58 kg 89 93 96 108 113 117 210
align=left Tel Aviv, Israel 58 kg 90 93 96 111 115 119 211
align=left Split, Croatia 63 kg 100 104 104 121 126 130 226
align=left Bucharest, Romania 63 kg 100 105 110 121 126 131 236
align=left Batumi, Georgia 64 kg 106 111 114 125 128 132 239
align=left Moscow, Russia 64 kg 101 107 114 123 130 137 244
align=left Yerevan, Armenia 71 kg 105 110 115 125 130 130 240
align=left Sofia, Bulgaria 71 kg 106 109 114 127 131 131 4 241

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Loredana Elena Toma . IWF.net . International Weightlifting Federation . 9 September 2018 . 12 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180912204509/https://www.iwf.net/biography/?id=858699 . dead.
  2. Web site: Loredana Elena Toma . The-Sports.org . 7 April 2014 . 8 April 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140408213401/http://www.the-sports.org/loredana-elena-toma-weightlifting-spf216628.html . live.
  3. Web site: PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 64 kg . Ashgabat2018.com . 8 December 2018 . 9 December 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181209123639/http://ashgabat2018.com/img/startlistv2/W64A.pdf . dead.
  4. Web site: European Gold for TOMA . IWF.net . International Weightlifting Federation . 2 December 2017 . 7 April 2019 . 7 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190407140440/https://www.iwf.net/2017/12/02/european-gold-toma/ . dead.
  5. News: Oliver . Brian . 12 December 2022 . Toma world record and landmark gold for Bahrain at weightlifting World Championships . InsideTheGames.biz . 13 December 2022.
  6. Web site: European Weightlifting Championships 2018: Ones to watch . IWF.net . International Weightlifting Federation . 25 March 2018 . 7 April 2019 . 7 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190407155822/https://www.iwf.net/2018/03/25/2018-european-weightlifting-championships-ones-watch/ . dead.
  7. Web site: 2018 European Weightlifting Championships Results Book . EWFed.com . European Weightlifting Federation . 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.
  8. Web site: Sanctions . IWF.net . International Weightlifting Federation . 8 July 2022 . 1 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190401065956/https://www.iwf.net/anti-doping/sanctions/ . dead.

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