Amar Musić (born 21 March 1987) is a Croatian male
weightlifter
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, competing in the 85 kg category and representing Croatia at international competitions. He participated in the
men's 85 kg event at the
2015 World Weightlifting Championships
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, and at the
2016 Summer Olympics
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, finishing in fifteenth position.
In July 2012, the Croatian Institute for Toxicology and Antidoping gave Musić a two-year suspension for testing positive to
oxandrolone
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, an
anabolic steroid
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1987 births
Living people
Croatian male weightlifters
Weightlifters at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic weightlifters for Croatia
Croatian sportspeople in doping cases
Doping cases in weightlifting
Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Croatia
Mediterranean Games medalists in weightlifting
Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
Sportspeople from Sarajevo
21st-century Croatian sportsmen
Bosniaks of Croatia
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