Alexandru Bratan

Alexandru Bratan
Personal information
Born (1977-08-23) 23 August 1977
Cahul, Moldova

Alexandru Bratan (born 23 August 1977 in Cahul) is a male weightlifter from Moldova. He twice competed for his native Eastern European country at the Summer Olympics: 2000 and 2004. He is best known for winning the silver medal in the men's heavyweight division ( 105 kg) at the 2005 World Weightlifting Championships. His brother is Eugen Bratan.

In 2006 the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) banned Alexandru Bratan for life, for the second doping violation.[1][2][3]

References

  1. Actualitatea sportivă 22 august 2013. Christian Frisk, rfi.ro (in Romanian)
  2. Sanctioned Athletes / Athlete Support Personnel. iwf.net
  3. "(RUȘINE) Halterofilul Igor Bour a fost SUSPENDAT pe VIAȚĂ din sport" (in Romanian). timpul.md. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Alexandru Bratan". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.


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