Loredana Elena Toma (born 10 May 1995) is a Romanian

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, 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

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reorganized the categories. In 2014 she tested positive for

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and was banned for two years by the

Career

World Championships

After winning the 2017 European Weightlifting Championships she competed at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships 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 Lina Rivas. 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 she moved up weight classes to the 63 kg in

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. At the 2017 European Weightlifting Championships she won gold medals in all lifts to win her first European Championship. In 2018, fresh off of a

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gold medal, she competed at the 2018 European Weightlifting Championships in her home country of

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