Loredana Toma

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Loredana Toma
Toma at 2018 world champioships.jpg
Toma in 2018
Personal information
Nickname(s)Tomanator
NationalityRomanian
Born (1995-05-10) 10 May 1995 (age 26)
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight63.95 kg (141 lb)
Sport
CountryRomania
SportWeightlifting
Event(s)–64 kg
ClubClubul Sportiv Botoșani
Coached byConstantin Urdaș[1]
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • Snatch: 114 kg (2021)
  • Clean and jerk: 136 kg (2020)
  • Total: 249 kg (2020)
Medal record
Representing  Romania
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Anaheim –63 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Ashgabat –64 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Pattaya –64 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Split –63 kg
Gold medal – first place 2018 Bucharest –63 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Batumi –64 kg
Gold medal – first place 2021 Moscow –64 kg
Silver medal – second place 2013 Tirana –58 kg
Silver medal – second place 2014 Tel Aviv –58 kg
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Bucharest –58 kg
Gold medal – first place 2012 Eilat –58 kg
World Youth Championships in Athletics
Silver medal – second place 2012 Košice –63 kg
European Youth Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Bucharest –63 kg

Loredana Elena Toma (born 10 May 1995) is a Romanian weightlifter,[2] World Champion and three 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.[3] In 2014 she tested positive for Stanozolol and was banned for two years by the International Weightlifting Federation.[4]

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.[5]

European Championships[]

After winning two silver medals in the 58 kg categories at the 2013 and 2014 European Weightlifting Championships she moved up weight classes to the 63 kg in 2017. 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 World Championships gold medal, she competed at the 2018 European Weightlifting Championships[6] 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 Irina Lepșa, and 6 kg over the gold medallist of the next highest (69 kg) category.[7]

Major results[]

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
World Championships
2013 Poland Wrocław, Poland 58 kg 91 95 98 6 111 116 118 5 213 4
2017 United States Anaheim, United States 63 kg 103 106 109 1st place, gold medalist(s) 123 126 128 1st place, gold medalist(s) 237 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2018 Turkmenistan Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 64 kg 106 110 112 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 124 128 129 7 234 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2019 Thailand Pattaya, Thailand 64 kg 107 112 116 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 127 127 128 4 240 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
European Championships
2012 Turkey Antalya, Turkey 63 kg 77 82 85 6 97 102 105 9 187 7
2013 Albania Tirana, Albania 58 kg 89 93 96 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 108 113 117 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 210 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2014 Israel Tel Aviv, Israel 58 kg 90 93 96 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 111 115 119 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 211 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2017 Croatia Split, Croatia 63 kg 100 104 104 1st place, gold medalist(s) 121 126 130 1st place, gold medalist(s) 226 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2018 Romania Bucharest, Romania 63 kg 100 105 110 1st place, gold medalist(s) 121 126 131 1st place, gold medalist(s) 236 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2019 Georgia (country) Batumi, Georgia 64 kg 106 111 114 1st place, gold medalist(s) 125 128 132 1st place, gold medalist(s) 239 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2021 Russia Moscow, Russia 64 kg 101 107 114 1st place, gold medalist(s) 123 130 137 1st place, gold medalist(s) 244 1st place, gold medalist(s)
IWF World Cup
2020 Italy Rome, Italy 64 kg 100 105 113 1st place, gold medalist(s) 122 130 136 1st place, gold medalist(s) 249 1st place, gold medalist(s)

References[]

  1. ^ "IWF.net Profile". IWF.net. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Loredana Elena TOMA Profile". the-sports.org. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  3. ^ PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 64 kg
  4. ^ "Sanctions".
  5. ^ "Gold for TOMA". IWF.net. 2 December 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  6. ^ "European Weightlifting Championships 2018: Ones to watch". IWF.net. 25 March 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  7. ^ 2018 European Weightlifting Championships Results Book

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