Loredana Elena Toma (born 10 May 1995) is a Romanian weightlifter, two time World Champion and four time European Champion competing in the 58 kg and 63 kg categories until 2018 and 64 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories. In 2014 she tested positive for Stanozolol and was banned for two years by the International Weightlifting Federation.

Career

World Championships

After winning the

2017 European Weightlifting Championships The 2017 European Weightlifting Championships were held in Split, Croatia, Split, Croatia from 2 April to 8 April 2017. Medal overview Men Women Men's results Men's 56 kg Men's 62 kg Men's 69 kg Men's 77 kg Men's 85 kg Men's 94 kg ...

she competed at the

2017 World Weightlifting Championships The 2017 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Anaheim, California, United States from 28 November to 5 December 2017. Doping bans Nine countries were banned from competing at the World Championships due to their history of doping at pre ...

in the 63 kg division. She won gold medals in the snatch, clean & jerk and total, finishing with a total of 237 kg, a full 12 kg over the silver medalist

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. She won the

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in the 71kg division, snatching a new world record of 119kg and clean and jerking 137kg for a total of 256kg.

European Championships

After winning two silver medals in the 58 kg categories at the

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and

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European Weightlifting Championships European Weightlifting Championships is an annual event organised by the European Weightlifting Federation (EWF). It has been held since 1896. A separate event for women was held from 1988 to 1997, after which both championships have been held ...

she moved up weight classes to the 63 kg in

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. At the

she won gold medals in all lifts to win her first European Championship. In 2018, fresh off of a World Championships gold medal, she competed at the

2018 European Weightlifting Championships The 2018 European Weightlifting Championships was held at the Complexul Olimpic Izvorani in Bucharest, Romania from 26 March to 1 April 2018. Some countries were banned from competing at the championships due to their history of doping at pre ...

in her home country of Romania. She again won gold medals in all lifts, with her final total of 236 kg being 17 kg over the silver medalist

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, and 6 kg over the gold medallist of the next highest (69 kg) category.

Major results

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Toma, Loredana 1995 births Living people Sportspeople from Botoșani Romanian female weightlifters World Weightlifting Championships medalists European Weightlifting Championships medalists 21st-century Romanian women