Cristina Iovu (born 8 November 1992) is a

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n–born

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weightlifter Olympic weightlifting, or Olympic-style weightlifting (officially named Weightlifting), is a sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ground to overhead, with each athlete trying to successfully lift ...

competing in the –53 kg division. She is banned by the

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until 2026 for Blood substitution.

Career

Iovu won gold at the 2012 European Weightlifting Championships. At the

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, Iovu originally won the bronze medal in the 53 kg event. Iovu was disqualified from the 2013 World Weightlifting Championships after testing positive in competition for

Oxandrolone Oxandrolone, sold under the brand names Oxandrin and Anavar, among others, is an androgen and anabolic steroid (AAS) medication which is used to help promote weight gain in various situations, to help offset protein catabolism caused by long-term ...

and was sanctioned by the

from 19 June 2013 to 19 June 2015. The Azerbaijani team was forced to pay $500,000 to the

as multiple tests were positive for prohibited substances from the

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list. In the 2016 European Championships Iovu represented the third country in her career - Romania. On 27 July 2016 the

announced that Iovu failed her re-tested

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sample. She tested positive for

Dehydrochlormethyltestosterone Chlorodehydromethyltestosterone (CDMT; brand name Oral Turinabol), also known as 4-chloro-17β-hydroxy17α-methylandrosta-1,4-dien-3-one, is an anabolic–androgenic steroid (AAS). It is the 4-chloro-substituted derivative of metandienone (dehy ...

(S1.1

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). In November 2016, she was stripped of her 2012 Olympic medal. She is facing another suspension and did not take part in the

2016 Rio Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro de ...

. On 2 November 2018, on the

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she got in Snatch 94-97-n/a and in Clean & Jerk, 116-118-123 got the bronze medal. On 15 December 2018 she was banned until 2026 by the

for Blood substitution.

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