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Romania has yet
\nagain earned a top position among Europe’s weightlifting elite. In 2022 the
\nRomanian athletes were unable to participate in the European Championships held
\nin Albanian capital Tirana. We recall the Romanian Weightlifting Federation was
\nbanned from participating in international competitions because of reported violation
\nof anti-doping rules on a number of occasions. In
\n2023, the Romanian delegation returned from Yerevan with 14 medals. Nine of the
\nmedals were gold, being won by Mihaela Cambei, in the 49-kilogram
\ncategory, Andreea Cotru\u0163a, in the 55-kilogram category and Loredana Toma, in
\nthe 71-kilogram category. Each of
\nthe athletes won three medals, in the snatch style, in the clean-and-jerk style,
\nand combined. Also in the women’s version of the championships, in the 45-kilogram
\ncategory, Cosmina Pan\u0103 walked away with silvering the snatch style, and
\ncombined. In the men’s version of the competition, in the 55-kilogram category,
\nValentin Iancu won silver in the clean and jerk style and bronze in the snatch
\nstyle and combined. Cambei and Cotru\u0163a won their medal in the first days of the
\ncompetition, on April 15 and 16. Since Loredana Toma stepped onto a step of the
\npodium in Wednesday, Radio Romania International designated her the Athlete of
\nthe week. <\/span><\/p>\n


\n <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

In Yerevan, Toma dominated the competition in the snatch style, winning
\ngold, with a deadlift of 110 kilograms. Silver went to Italy’s Giulia Miserendino with 105 kilograms, while bronze went to Germany’s
\nLisa Marie Schweize, who succeeded a deadlift of 103 kilograms. Loredana also won gold in the clean and jerk
\nstyle, with 130 kilograms. British competitor Sarah
\nDavies won silver, with a deadlift of 126 de kilograms, while the Italian Miserendino
\nwalked home with bronze, with 125 kilograms. Therefore, combined, Loredana Toma
\nwon gold, with 240 kilograms, being followed by Miserendino, with 230 and Davies, 226 kilograms.<\/p>\n


\n <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Loredana Toma was
\nborn on May 10, 1995 in the northern Romania town of Botosani. Earlier in her career she won several gold
\nmedals in European juniors and youth championships. Also in European competitions,
\nas a senior competitor, in 2013 in 2014, Loredana won silver in the 58-kilogram
\ncategory. Over 2014 and 2016 she was banned from competition, having tested positive
\nfor stanozolol. Beginning with the European Championships in Croatia, held in
\nApril 2017, Loredana Toma dominated the 63-kilogram category, in the snatch but
\nalso in the clean and jerk style. Loredana confirmed her standing at the World
\nChampionships in Anaheim in December 2017, where she won three more gold medals. At
\nthe 2018 edition of the European Championships in Bucharest, Loredana also won
\ngold. Then in 2019, Loredana won three gold medals at the European Championships
\nin Batumi. At the World Championships held in Thailand, also in 2019, Loreana
\nToman won bronze medals in the 64-kilogram category, in the clean-and-jerk
\nstyle, and combined. In 2021, also in the 64-kilogram category, Loredana won
\nthree gold medals at the European Championships in Moscow. Unfortunately, after
\nthe International Weightlifting Federation officially
\nbanned the Romanian Federation from taking part in competition for one year, on
\naccount of anti-doping rules violation on a number of occasions, Loredana was
\nunable to take part in the 2021 edition of the Olympic Games in Tokyo, were she
\nranked as favorite in the 64-kilogram category. Loredana had a vigorous
\ncomeback in 2022, when she had no problem winning all three medals in the 71-kilogram
\ncategory at the World Championships in Bogota. <\/p>\n

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