Florin Croitoru
Romanian weightlifter (born 1993)
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Florin Ionuț Croitoru (born 25 August 1993) is a Romanian weightlifter who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Men's 56 kg.[1] He finished fourth place at the 2013 European Championships, but later he won gold, after all three medalists (Valentin Hristov, Igor Bour, Zulfugar Suleymanov) were suspended for doping.
FullnameFlorin Ionuț Croitoru
Born25 August 1993
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight56 kg (123 lb)
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| Full name | Florin Ionuț Croitoru | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 August 1993 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 56 kg (123 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Romania | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | CS Rapid București | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Pavel Rugea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In May 2019 he was disqualified from the 2012 Summer Olympics after the re-analysis of his samples. Croitoru tested positive for dehydrochlormethyltestosterone, metenolone and stanozolol.[2]
