Until Sunday,
\nRussia’s Capital Moscow is hosting the European Weightlifting Championships, a
\ncompetition attended by 9 athletes from Romania, 7 in the women’s contest and 2
\nin the men’s. Since the beginning of the competition, the Romanian delegation
\nhas already obtained 8 medals, three gold, four silver and one bronze. Monica
\nCsengeri became gold medalist in the 49-kilogram category where another
\nRomanian Mihaela Cambei obtained a silver medal in the clean and jerk and
\nbronze in the total events. <\/p>\n
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Adriana Pan\u0103
\nalso from Romania stepped onto the podium’s second step in the clean and jerk 45-kilogram
\nevent. In the men’s contest Valentin Iancu-Ionadi obtained two silver medals in
\nthe 55 kilograms clean and jerk and total. For the results she obtained in
\nMoscow, Radio Romania International has designated Monica Csengeri Athlete of
\nthe Week.<\/p>\n
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In Moscow Csengeri
\ncompelled international recognition with 86 kg in the snatch contest after two
\nfailed attempts at 90 kilograms. In the clean and jerk she won with a 103 kg
\nlift and romped home in the total with 189 kg. <\/p>\n
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Monica Csengeri was
\nborn on March 21st 1996 in Bistri\u0163a (northern Romania) in a disadvantaged
\nfamily. In spite of an unhappy childhood marred by dire poverty, Csengeri
\nmanaged to shoot to fame in various international competitions at an early age.
\nAt only 15 she was the owner of several national records and won the world
\ntitle in the under-21 competition held by Kosice in Slovakia. <\/p>\n
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She won bronze
\nin the jerk event of the European Weightlifting Championship in Tbilisi in 2015.
\nA year later Csengeri stepped onto the first and the third steps of the podium
\nin the snatch and total events of the European Championships in Norway. After
\ntesting positive for performance-enhancing drugs in December 2017 she got
\nsuspended by the International Weightlifting Federation until February 2019.
\nShe managed to get over this period and made a successful comeback to the
\nEuropean weightlifting elite. <\/p>\n
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