Florin Ionuț Croitoru (born 25 August 1993) 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
weightlifter who competed at the
2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
in the
Men's 56 kg. He finished fourth place at the
2013 European Championships, but later he won gold, after all three medalists (
Valentin Hristov,
Igor Bour,
Zulfugar Suleymanov) were suspended for doping.
In May 2019 he was disqualified from the 2012 Summer Olympics after the re-analysis of his samples. Croitoru 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 ...
,
metenolone
Metenolone, or methenolone, is an androgen and anabolic steroid (AAS) which is used in the form of esters such as metenolone acetate (brand name Primobolan, Nibal) and metenolone enanthate (brand name Primobolan Depot, Nibal Injection). Metenolo ...
and
stanozolol.
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1993 births
Living people
Romanian male weightlifters
Olympic weightlifters for Romania
Weightlifters at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Weightlifters at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
Romanian sportspeople in doping cases
Doping cases in weightlifting
European Weightlifting Championships medalists
21st-century Romanian people
Place of birth missing (living people)
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