Cristina Iovu

Cristina Iovu (born November 8, 1992) is a Moldovan–born Azerbaijani-Romanian weightlifter competing in the –53 kg division.

Cristina Iovu
Personal information
NationalityMoldovan
Born (1992-11-08) November 8, 1992
Chișinău
Height1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)
Weight53 kg (117 lb)
Sport
CountryMoldova
SportWeightlifting
Event(s)–53 kg; 53 kg
Coached bySerghei Cretu
Achievements and titles
National finalsMoldova, Romania
Medal record
Representing  Romania
World Championships
2018 Ashgabat –55 kg
European Championships
2016 Førde –53 kg
Representing  Azerbaijan
World Championships
Disqualified 2013 Wrocław –53 kg
Summer Universiade
2013 Kazan –53 kg
Representing  Moldova
Olympic Games
Disqualified2012 London–53 kg
European Championships
2012 Antalya –53 kg

Career

Iovu won gold at the 2012 European Weightlifting Championships.[1] At the 2012 London Olympics, Iovu originally won the bronze medal in the 53 kg event.[2]

Iovu was disqualified from the 2013 World Weightlifting Championships after testing positive in competition for Oxandrolone and was sanctioned by the International Weightlifting Federation from 19 June 2013 to 19 June 2015.[3] The Azerbaijani team was forced to pay $500,000 to the International Weightlifting Federation as multiple tests were positive for prohibited substances from the world anti-doping agency list.[4]

In the 2016 European Championships Iovu represented the third country in her career - Romania.

On July 27, 2016 the International Weightlifting Federation announced that Iovu failed her re-tested 2012 Olympics sample. She tested positive for Dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (S1.1 Anabolic agents).[5] In November 2016, she was stripped of her 2012 Olympic medal.[6] She is facing another suspension and did not take part in the 2016 Rio Olympics.

On November 2, 2018, on the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships she got in Snatch 94-97-n/a and in Clean & Jerk, 116-118-123 got the bronze medal.

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References
  1. "Russian wins bronze in European Weightlifting Championships". Archived from the original on 2013-03-01. Retrieved 2012-04-10.
  2. "Cristina Iovu". www.london2012.com. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
  3. "Sanctioned athletes 2013". www.iwf.netm. Archived from the original on March 27, 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  4. "IWF Executive Board sanctions Federation of Azerbaijan for multiple doping cases". www.iwf.netm. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  5. http://www.iwf.net/2016/07/27/public-disclosures-4/
  6. "London 2012: Yuliya Zaripova among 12 disqualified after retests". bbc.com. 21 November 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
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