Marin Robu

Moldovan weightlifter (born 2000)

  • 73 kg
  • 81 kg
  • 89 kg
ClubŞcoala Sportivă Specializată de Haltere ChișinăuCoached bySergiu Cretu
Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Representing  Moldova
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Tashkent 81 kg
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2021 Moscow 73 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Yerevan 89 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Sofia 89 kg
IWF World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2020 Rome 73 kg

Marin Robu (born 19 March 2000)[1] is a Moldovan weightlifter. He won the bronze medal in his event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. He is a three-time medalist at the European Weightlifting Championships. Robu represented Moldova at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan and the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

Career

In 2019, he won the silver medal in the men's junior 73 kg event at the European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships in Bucharest, Romania.[2] A year later, he won the silver medal in the men's 73 kg event at the Roma 2020 World Cup in Rome, Italy.[1]

In 2021, he won the silver medal in the men's 73 kg event at the European Weightlifting Championships held in Moscow, Russia.[3][4]

He represented Moldova at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[5] He competed in the men's 73 kg event and placed eighth.[5][6] He suffered a back injury in training shortly before the competition, which hampered his performance in the Clean & Jerk.[7]

He won the bronze medal in the men's 81 kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[8][9]

He also competed at the World Weightlifting Championships in 2018, 2019, 2022 and 2023.

In August 2024, Robu competed in the men's 89 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.[10] He lifted 383 kg in total and placed fourth, missing out 1 kg on bronze medal.

Achievements

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Summer Olympics
2021 Tokyo, Japan 73 kg 150 155 159 — 175 182 182 — 330 8
2024 Paris, France 89 kg 170 175 — — 204 217 217 — 383 4
World Championships
2018 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 73 kg 133 137 140 25 158 158 164 35 295 34
2019 Pattaya, Thailand 73 kg 143 149 152 11 170 178 178 21 319 17
2021 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 81 kg 161 165 168 1st place, gold medalist(s) 190 195 198 5 363 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2022 Bogotá, Colombia 81 kg 161 165 165 4 190 197 197 7 351 4
2023 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 89 kg 169 173 173 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 197 205 205 9 370 6
IWF World Cup
2020 Roma, Italy 73 kg 145 150 152 1st place, gold medalist(s) 170 176 180 1st place, gold medalist(s) 332 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2024 Phuket, Thailand 89 kg 165 169 169 9 — — — — — —
European Championships
2019 Batumi, Georgia 73 kg 140 145 148 5 168 173 176 8 321 7
2021 Moscow, Russia 73 kg 151 156 159 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 177 183 183 4 339 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2022 Tirana, Albania 81 kg 160 — — — — — — — — —
2023 Yerevan, Armenia 89 kg 161 166 166 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 193 198 201 4 364 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2024 Sofia, Bulgaria 89 kg 165 171 171 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 195 202 207 4 378 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

References

  1. ^ a b "2020 Roma World Cup" (PDF). Federazione Italiana Pesistica. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 May 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Results Book" (PDF). 2019 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 May 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  3. ^ Oliver, Brian (6 April 2021). "European weightlifting gold for Toma and career best for "outstanding" Davies in Moscow". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Results Book" (PDF). 2021 European Weightlifting Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  5. ^ a b Oliver, Brian (14 July 2021). "Iranian trailblazer Jahanfekrian misses chance to make Olympic history in Tokyo". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  6. ^ Oliver, Brian (28 July 2021). "Shi Zhiyong wins weightlifting gold with world record - and bronze for B Group Indonesian". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  7. ^ "ROBU Marin". Paris 2024. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  8. ^ Oliver, Brian (12 December 2021). "Weightlifting sensation as Bulgarian teenager Nasar smashes Lu Xiaojun's senior world record". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  9. ^ "2021 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  10. ^ "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.