Loredana Toma

Loredana Toma
Toma in 2018
Personal information
Full nameLoredana Elena Toma
NicknameTomanator
NationalityRomanian
Born (1995-05-10) 10 May 1995
Botoșani, Romania
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight63.95 kg (141 lb)
Sport
CountryRomania
SportWeightlifting
Event–71 kg
ClubCS Rapid Bucuresti
Coached byConstantin Urdaș[1]
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • Snatch: 119 kg (2022, CWR)
  • Clean and jerk: 137 kg (2022)
  • Total: 256 kg (2022)
Medal record
Representing  Romania
World Championships
2017 Anaheim –63 kg
2022 Bogotá –71 kg
2018 Ashgabat –64 kg
2019 Pattaya –64 kg
European Championships
2017 Split –63 kg
2018 Bucharest –63 kg
2019 Batumi –64 kg
2021 Moscow –64 kg
2023 Yerevan –71 kg
2024 Sofia –71 kg
2013 Tirana –58 kg
2014 Tel Aviv –58 kg
European Junior Championships
2011 Bucharest –58 kg
2012 Eilat –58 kg
Youth World Championships
2012 Košice –63 kg
European Youth Championships
2012 Bucharest –63 kg

Loredana Elena Toma (born 10 May 1995) is a Romanian weightlifter,[2] two time World Champion and six 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] She now competes at the 71kg category.

Career

Olympic Games

In August 2024, Toma competed in the women's 71 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France. She lifted 115 kg in the Snatch placing third but she failed three attempts in the Clean & Jerk.

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.[4] She won the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships in the 71kg division, snatching a new world record of 119kg and clean and jerking 137kg for a total of 256kg.[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]

Doping case

In 2014 she tested positive for Stanozolol and was banned for two years by the International Weightlifting Federation.[8]

Major results

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Summer Olympics
2024 Paris, France 71 kg 111 115 117 — 131 133 134 — DNF —
World Championships
2013 Wrocław, Poland 58 kg 91 95 98 6 111 116 118 5 213 4
2017 Anaheim, United States 63 kg 103 106 109 123 126 128 237
2018 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 64 kg 106 110 112 124 128 129 7 234
2019 Pattaya, Thailand 64 kg 107 112 116 127 127 128 4 240
2022 Bogotá, Colombia 71 kg 113 117 119 WR 133 137 140 4 256
IWF World Cup
2020 Rome, Italy 64 kg 100 105 113 122 130 136 249
2024 Phuket, Thailand 71 kg 105 110 110 14 125 130 134 14 235 12
European Championships
2012 Antalya, Turkey 63 kg 77 82 85 6 97 102 105 9 187 7
2013 Tirana, Albania 58 kg 89 93 96 108 113 117 210
2014 Tel Aviv, Israel 58 kg 90 93 96 111 115 119 211
2017 Split, Croatia 63 kg 100 104 104 121 126 130 226
2018 Bucharest, Romania 63 kg 100 105 110 121 126 131 236
2019 Batumi, Georgia 64 kg 106 111 114 125 128 132 239
2021 Moscow, Russia 64 kg 101 107 114 123 130 137 244
2023 Yerevan, Armenia 71 kg 105 110 115 125 130 130 240
2024 Sofia, Bulgaria 71 kg 106 109 114 127 131 131 4 241

References

  1. ^ "Loredana Elena Toma". IWF.net. International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 12 September 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Loredana Elena Toma". The-Sports.org. Archived from the original on 8 April 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  3. ^ "PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 64 kg" (PDF). Ashgabat2018.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 December 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  4. ^ "European Gold for TOMA". IWF.net. International Weightlifting Federation. 2 December 2017. Archived from the original on 7 April 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  5. ^ Oliver, Brian (12 December 2022). "Toma world record and landmark gold for Bahrain at weightlifting World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  6. ^ "European Weightlifting Championships 2018: Ones to watch". IWF.net. International Weightlifting Federation. 25 March 2018. Archived from the original on 7 April 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  7. ^ "2018 European Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). EWFed.com. European Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 September 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  8. ^ "Sanctions". IWF.net. International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
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