Roxana Cocoș

Roxana Cocoș (Romanian pronunciation: [rokˈsana koˈkoʃ]; born 5 June 1989 in Bucharest)^[1] is a Romanian weightlifter.

Roxana Cocoș

Roxana Cocoș at the 2012 London Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Roxana Daniela Cocoș
Born	(1989-06-05) 5 June 1989 (age 35) Bucharest, Romania
Height	1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb; 10.7 st)
Sport
Sport	Weightlifting
Club	CSA Steaua București
Coached by	Fitzi Balaș
Medal record Women's Weightlifting Representing  Romania Olympic Games Disqualified 2012 London –69 kg European Championships 2012 Antalya –69 kg 2010 Minsk –63 kg

On 1 August 2012, Cocoș won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the –69 kg category with a snatch of 113 kg and a clean and jerk of 143 kg, giving a total of 256 kg.^[2][3] She had previously finished in 7th in the -58 kg category at the 2008 Summer Olympics, with a snatch of 89 kg and a clean and jerk of 115 kg, giving a total of 204 kg.^[3]

On 25 November 2020, the reanalysed doping tests from the 2012 Summer Olympics turned out positive for metenolone and stanozolol, and she was stripped of the medal.^[4] In June 2021, a report by the International Testing Agency on doping violations between 2009 and 2019 reviewed her case and concluded that there are "strong reasons to think" the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) was aware of urine samples being swapped by weightlifters and that president of the IWF Tamás Aján and IWF vice-president Nicu Vlad allowed her to compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics believing that they could hide her use of a banned substance.^[5][6] Aján and Vlad have been charged with anti-doping rule violations.^[7]

References

1. "Roxana Daniela Cocos". london2012.com. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
2. "Women's 69kg". london2012.com. Retrieved 1 August 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}
3. "Roxana Cocos Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
4. IOC sanctions three athletes for failing anti-doping tests at London 2012
5. Oliver, Brian (24 June 2021). "Weightlifting doping scandal - Aján, Vlad and Akkus charged as Turkey faces Tokyo 2020 ban". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
6. "Final Report – Anti-Doping Rule Violations and related allegations of misconduct from 2009 to 2019" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
7. Ingle, Sean (24 June 2021). "Romanian who doped won London 2012 silver after 'cover-up', report says". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 June 2021.

External links

• sports-reference.com