Răzvan Martin Explained

Răzvan Martin
Fullname:Răzvan Constantin Martin
Birth Date:22 December 1991
Birth Place:Cluj-Napoca, Romania[1]
Height:1.58m (05.18feet)
Country:Romania
Sport:Weightlifting
Club:MSC Bistrița Cluj-Napoca[2]
Coach:Mugur Saranciuc
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Răzvan Constantin Martin (in Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan pronounced as /rəzˈvan marˈtin/; born 22 December 1991) is a Romanian weightlifter. He competed at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics and won a bronze medal in 2012.[3]

On 25 November 2020, the reanalysed doping tests from the 2012 Summer Olympics turned out positive for dehydrochlormethyltestosterone, metenolone and stanozolol, and he was stripped of his medal.[4]

In the 2012 European Championships, he originally won a silver in the −77 kg division, but was later awarded the gold medal because Erkand Qerimaj was banned for doping use. In 2013 Martin himself was suspended for doping violations.[5]

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418100427/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/razvan-martin-1.html Răzvan Martin
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20120801005937/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/martin-razvan-constantin-1043642/ Razvan Constantin Martin
  3. http://www.chidlovski.net/liftup/l_athleteStatsResult.asp?a_id=2018 Răzvan Constantin Martin
  4. https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-sanctions-three-athletes-for-failing-anti-doping-tests-at-london-2012-1 IOC sanctions three athletes for failing anti-doping tests at London 2012
  5. http://www.iwf.net/anti-doping/sanctions/ Sanctioned Athletes / Athlete Support Personnel