Anatolie Cîrîcu

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

Anatolie Cîrîcu
Personal information
Born (1988-09-14) 14 September 1988
Cahul, Moldova
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight94 kg (207 lb; 14.8 st)
Sport
SportWeightlifting
Medal record
Men's Weightlifting
Representing  Moldova
Olympic Games
Disqualified2012 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/


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