Cosmina Adriana Pană

Cosmina was 13 years old when she knew about the weightlifting section in Bacău. She came to the classroom at school where her future coach (George Călin) was conducting a selection. A few days later she had her first day at the gym. Cosmina really liked the atmosphere, how many kids were there, and she decided to take up weightlifting.

George Călin remembered their first meeting with Cosmina:

“There's a school in the neighborhood, where a large number of athletes are selected. I remember even the day when I went for the selection. Among all the students there, she was the youngest, and she was very curious and asked me a lot of questions. I invited her: “Come to the gym to see what it's really about”. She asked me how much I would lift, how I would do various things. And I told her to come to the gym, and she would see. And right from the start, she stood out with her very high receptivity. She learned very quickly, had great mobility and speed, which is exactly what I was looking for. We made a great team right from the start”.

In 2021, Cosmina was one of the most decorated athletes from CSM Bacău, a silver medalist of the European Weightlifting Championships.

In an interview with the Sport Studio channel, Cosmina and George talked about training during the COVID-19 pandemic, the problem with a training facility in Bacău and their plans for preparing for the 2024 Olympics in Paris.^[4]

After successful performances at the European Championships in 2022 and 2023 in the 45 kg weight category, she moved up to the next weight category, 49 kg.

More information Year, Competition ...

Year	Competition	Venue	Weight	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total
				(kg)	Rank	(kg)	Rank	(kg)	Rank
2018	European Youth Weightlifting Championships[5]	San Donato Milanese, Italy	44 kg	61		79		140
2019	European Junior Weightlifting Championships	Bucharest, Romania	45 kg	66		83		149
2021	European Weightlifting Championships[6]	Moscow, Russia	45 kg	66	5	84		150	4
	Junior World Weightlifting Championships[7]	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	45 kg	63	—	84		—	—
2022	European Junior Weightlifting Championships	Tirana, Albania	45 kg	63		81		144
	World Weightlifting Championships	Bogotá, Colombia	45 kg	71	6	86	10	157	8
2023	European Weightlifting Championships[8][9][10]	Yerevan, Armenia	45 kg	70		83	4	153
	World Weightlifting Championships[11]	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	49 kg	73	24	—	—	—	—
2024	European Weightlifting Championships[12]	Sofia, Bulgaria	49 kg	67	10-13	86	9-10	153	10
	European Junior Weightlifting Championships[13][14]	Raszyn, Poland	49 kg	73		87		160
	World Weightlifting Championships[15][16]	Manama, Bahrain	49 kg	73	8	93	7-8	166	8
2025	European Weightlifting Championships[17]	Chișinău, Moldova	49 kg	76		91	8	167	5

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