Andrei Rareș Toader (born 26 May 1997) is a
Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...
n athlete specialising in the
shot put
The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. The shot put competition for men has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival in 1896, and women's ...
. He won several medals in age category competitions.
His personal bests in the shot put is 21.29 metres outdoors (Brno 2021)
and 20.79 m indoors (Bucharest 2020).
He finished second at the
2016 World U20 Championships and was promoted to first after
Konrad Bukowiecki
Konrad Bukowiecki (; born 17 March 1997) is a Polish athlete competing primarily in the shot put. He won the silver medal at the 2018 European Athletics Championships, 2018 European Championships, gold medals at the 2017 European Athletics U23 Ch ...
was disqualified, but later Toader was disqualified too and stripped for the medal for the use of stimulant
higenamine
Higenamine (norcoclaurine) is a chemical compound found in a variety of plants including ''Nandina domestica'' (fruit), ''Aconitum carmichaelii'' (root), ''Asarum heterotropioides'', '' Galium divaricatum'' (stem and vine), ''Annona squamosa'', ...
.
Competition record
References
1997 births
Living people
Romanian male shot putters
Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for Romania
Doping cases in athletics
Place of birth missing (living people)
European Games competitors for Romania
Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games
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