Marin Robu (born 19 March 2000) 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 four-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 73kg event at the European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships in Bucharest, Romania. A year later, he won the silver medal in the men's 73kg event at the Roma 2020 World Cup in Rome, Italy.
In 2021, he won the silver medal in the men's 73kg event at the European Weightlifting Championships held in Moscow, Russia.
He represented Moldova at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He competed in the men's 73kg event and placed eighth. He suffered a back injury in training shortly before the competition, which hampered his performance in the Clean & Jerk.
He won the bronze medal in the men's 81kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
He also competed at the World Weightlifting Championships in 2018, 2019, 2022 and 2023.
In August 2024, Robu competed in the men's 89kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France. 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 175182 182 330 82024 Paris, France 89 kg 170 175 —200208 2123834 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 161 165 168 190 195 198 5 363 2022 Bogotá, Colombia 81 kg161 165 165 4 190 197 197 7 3514 2023 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 89 kg 169 173 173 197 205 205 9 370 6 2024 Manama, Bahrain 89 kg 169 173 175 201 206 209 4 379 2025 Førde, Norway 88 kg 169 174 174 200 204 204 369 IWF World Cup2020 Rome, Italy 73 kg 145 150 152 170 176 180 332 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 151 156 159 177 183 183 4 339 2022 Tirana, Albania 81 kg 160 — — — — — — — — —2023 Yerevan, Armenia 89 kg 161 166 166 193 198 201 4 364 2024 Sofia, Bulgaria 89 kg 165 171 171 195 202 207 4 378 2025 Chișinău, Moldova 89 kg 165 170 173 195 202 205 375 2026 Batumi, Georgia 88 kg 168 169 173 195 200 204 373
References
External links
Marin Robu | Paris 2024 at Team Moldova