Andrei Toader
Personal information
Born (1997-05-26) May 26, 1997
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight105 kg (231 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventShot put

Andrei Rareș Toader (born 26 May 1997) is a Romanian athlete specialising in the shot put.[2] He won several medals in age category competitions.

His personal bests in the shot put is 21.29 metres outdoors (Brno 2021)[3] and 20.79 m indoors (Bucharest 2020).

He finished second at the 2016 World U20 Championships and was promoted to first after Konrad Bukowiecki was disqualified, but later Toader was disqualified too and stripped for the medal for the use of stimulant higenamine.[4]

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Romania
2013 European Youth Olympic Festival Utrecht, Netherlands 2nd Shot put (5 kg) 18.53 m
3rd Discus throw (1.5 kg) 56.49 m
2014 World Junior Championships Eugene, United States 9th Shot put (6 kg) 19.18 m
Youth Olympic Games Nanjing, China 2nd Shot put (5 kg) 21.00 m
2015 European Junior Championships Eskilstuna, Sweden 2nd Shot put (6 kg) 20.78 m
2016 European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 6th Shot put 20.26 m
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 26th (q) Shot put 19.81 m
2022 World Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 17th Shot put 19.60 m
World Championships Eugene, United States 18th (q) Shot put 19.83 m
European Championships Munich, Germany 12th Shot put 19.15 m
2023 European Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 9th (q) Shot put 20.15 m
World Championships Budapest, Hungary Shot put NM

References

  1. EAA profile
  2. Andrei Toader at World Athletics
  3. "Weight Throw: Rares Toader breaks national records, qualifies for Tokyo Olympics". agerpres.ro. 14 June 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  4. "Romania's 2016 World U20 Championships shot put champion Andrei Toader has been stripped of his gold medal after it was revealed he had failed a drugs test before the event had started.", Inside the games, 28 February 2019
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