Florin Ionuț Croitoru (born 25 August 1993) is a Romanian weightlifter who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Men's 56 kg.[1] He finished fourth place at the 2013 European Championships, but later he won gold, after all three medalists (Valentin Hristov, Igor Bour, Zulfugar Suleymanov) were suspended for doping.
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| Full name | Florin Ionuț Croitoru | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 August 1993 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 56 kg (123 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Romania | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | CS Rapid București | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Pavel Rugea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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In May 2019 he was disqualified from the 2012 Summer Olympics after the re-analysis of his samples. Croitoru tested positive for dehydrochlormethyltestosterone, metenolone and stanozolol.[2]
References edit
- ^ "Florin Ionuț Croitoru". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
- ^ "IOC DISCIPLINARY COMMISSION DECISION REGARDING FLORIN IONUT CROITORU" (PDF). Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. 22 May 2019.
External links edit
- Florin Croitoru at the International Weightlifting Results Project
- Florin Croitoru at the International Weightlifting Federation
- Florin Croitoru at Olympics.com
- Florin Croitoru at Olympic.org (archived)
- Florin Croitoru at Olympedia
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