Anatolie Cîrîcu
Moldovan weightlifter (born 1988)
Anatolie Cîrîcu (born 14 September 1988) is a Moldovan weightlifter.
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. 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. In November 2016, he was stripped of his Olympic medal. He is banned by the IWF until 11 May 2023.
Achievements
References
External links
Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Anatolii Cîrîcu". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com.
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