Andrei Toader

Andrei Toader

Personal information
Born	(1997-05-26) May 26, 1997 Râmnicu Vâlcea
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	105 kg (231 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Shot put

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

His personal bests in the shot put is 21.29 metres outdoors (Brno 2021) 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.

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
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
2024	European Championships	Rome, Italy	7th	Shot put	20.43 m
	Olympic Games	Paris, France	18th (q)	Shot put	20.24 m