Alexandru Șpac
Moldovan weightlifter (born 1989)
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Alexandru Şpac (born 21 November 1989) is a Moldovan weightlifter.[1]
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| Nationality | Moldovans | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 November 1989 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (165 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Moldova | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 77 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
Şpac won the bronze medal at the 2012 European Weightlifting Championships in the –77 kg category.[2] At the 2013 European Weightlifting Championships, Şpac finished second.[3] However, he was later disqualified after testing positive for Stanozolol and Methyltestosterone. As a result of the doping violation, Şpac was suspended for 2 years by the International Weightlifting Federation.[4]
He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the –77 kg event,[5] where he finished 5th.[6] He is currently a Physical Education (PE) Teacher at the "Mihai Eminescu" Lyceum in Bălți, Moldova.[7]
In 2025, Șpac was issued with a seven-year ban for an anti-doping rule violation for testing positive for dehydrochloromethyltestosterone in re-analysed samples collected in 2016 during the Rio Olympics.[8] All of his results from 27 July 2016 were disqualified as part of the ruling.
