Anatolie Cîrîcu
{{Short description|Moldovan weightlifter (born 1988)}}
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| birth_place = Cahul, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union
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{{Medal|Disqualified|2012 London| –94 kg}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}
{{MedalGold |2012 Antalya| –94 kg}}
{{MedalSilver |2011 Kazan| –94 kg}}
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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.{{cite web|title=Men's 94kg|url=http://www.london2012.com/weightlifting/event/men-94kg/index.html|publisher=london2012.com|accessdate=4 August 2012|archive-date=1 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501192042/http://www.london2012.com/weightlifting/event/men-94kg/index.html|url-status=dead}} 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.{{Cite news|title=Eleven London 2012 weightlifters fail doping tests|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-sport-doping-weightlifting-idUKKCN1072EG|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160731185642/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-sport-doping-weightlifting-idUKKCN1072EG|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 31, 2016|work=Reuters|date=27 July 2016|accessdate=8 August 2016}} In November 2016, he was stripped of his Olympic medal.[https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/38056811 "London 2012: Yuliya Zaripova among 12 disqualified after retests"]. bbc.com. 21 November 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2016. He is banned by the IWF until 11 May 2023.{{Cite web|url=http://www.iwf.net/anti-doping/sanctions/|title = Sanctions}}
Achievements
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! colspan=3 | Rank ! rowspan=2 width=250 | Competition ! rowspan=2 width=150 | Host ! rowspan=2 width=180 | Result |
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| Image:Silver medal icon.svg
| {{flagicon|RUS}} Kazan | 173+217=390 |
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| {{flagicon|TUR}} Antalya | 178+224=402 |
| DSQ
| DSQ | DSQ | {{flagicon|UK}} London | 181+226=407 |
References
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External links
- {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ci/anatolii-ciricu-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418005210/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ci/anatolii-ciricu-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Anatolii Cîrîcu}}
External links
- {{Lift Up}}
- {{Olympedia}}
- {{Olympics.com|anatoli-ciricu}}
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Category:Moldovan male weightlifters
Category:Weightlifters at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic weightlifters for Moldova
Category:European champions in weightlifting
Category:Doping cases in weightlifting
Category:Moldovan sportspeople in doping cases
Category:Competitors stripped of Summer Olympics medals
Category:European Weightlifting Championships medalists
Category:20th-century Moldovan people
Category:21st-century Moldovan sportsmen
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