Gabriel Sîncrăian

Gabriel Sîncrăian

Sîncrăian (right) at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Born	(1988-12-21) 21 December 1988 (age 36) Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Height	174 cm (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Weight	84.3 kg (186 lb) (2016)
Website	www.gabrielsincraian.com
Sport
Sport	Weightlifting
Club	SCM Bistrita
Medal record Representing  Romania Olympic Games Disqualified 2016 Rio de Janeiro 85 kg European Weightlifting Championships 2012 Antalya –85 kg Disqualified 2016 Førde –85 kg

Gabriel Sîncrăian (born 21 December 1988) is a Romanian weightlifter who competes in the 85 kg weight division.

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]

References

1. Gabriel Sîncrăian Archived 2016-08-06 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
2. {{ Cite sports-reference abriel Sîncrăian"Gabriel Sîncrăian Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". Archived from the original on 2012-12-17. Retrieved 2012-08-02. | 3 = 11 August 2012}}
3. Sincraian Gabriel (ROU). iat.uni-leipzig.de
4. "Weightlifter Gabriel Sincraian fails Rio Olympic drug test". Associated Press. October 13, 2016. Retrieved 2016-10-14.
5. International Olympic Committee Disciplinary Commission Decision, International Olympic Committee, 23 November 2020.
6. https://ita.sport/sanction/international-weightlifting-federation-iwf/