Gabriel Sîncrăian
Romanian weightlifter (born 1988)
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Gabriel Sîncrăian (born 21 December 1988) is a Romanian weightlifter who competes in the 85 kg weight division.
Sîncrăian (right) at the 2016 Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 21 December 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 84.3 kg (186 lb) (2016) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www.gabrielsincraian.com | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | SCM Bistrita | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
He took part in the 2012 and 2016 Olympics and won a bronze medal in the same 85-kg event in 2016.[2] Sîncrăian won two more medals at the European championships in 2012 and 2016.[3]
On 13 October 2016, the IWF reported that Sincraian had tested positive for excess testosterone in a test connected to the Rio Olympics, and he was stripped of the medal.[4]
In November 2020, the reanalysed doping tests from the 2012 Summer Olympics turned out positive for metenolone and stanozolol as well.[5]
In 2022 the International Weightlifting Federation annulled his results between 3 August 2012 and 17 January 2022. [6]
