Anatolie Cîrîcu

Anatolie Cîrîcu (born 14 September 1988) is a Moldovan weightlifter.

Anatolie Cîrîcu

Personal information
Born	14 September 1988 Cahul, Moldova
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	94 kg (207 lb; 14.8 st)
Sport
Sport	Weightlifting
Medal record Men's Weightlifting Representing  Moldova Olympic Games Disqualified 2012 London –94 kg European Championships 2012 Antalya –94 kg 2011 Kazan –94 kg

Cîrîcu is the champion of the 2012 European Weightlifting Championships for the 94 kg category. He also participated in the 2011 European Weightlifting Championships, where he won the silver medal.

Doping

At the 2012 Summer Olympics he originally won the bronze medal in the men's 94kg category, lifting a total of 407 kg.[1] On 27 July 2016, the IWF reported that, in the IOC's second wave of doping re-sampling, Cîrîcu had tested positive for the steroid dehydrochlormethyltestosterone.[2] In November 2016, he was stripped of his Olympic medal.[3] He is banned by the IWF until 11 May 2023.[4]

Achievements

Rank			Competition	Host	Result
S	C	T
			2011 European Championships	Kazan	173+217=390
			2012 European Championships	Antalya	178+224=402
DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	2012 Olympic Games	London	181+226=407

References

1. "Men's 94kg". london2012.com. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
2. "Eleven London 2012 weightlifters fail doping tests". Reuters. 27 July 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
3. "London 2012: Yuliya Zaripova among 12 disqualified after retests". bbc.com. 21 November 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
4. http://www.iwf.net/anti-doping/sanctions/

External links

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Anatolii Cîrîcu". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.