Sergiu Ursu (born April 26, 1980) is a

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field sport in which the participant athlete throws an oblate spheroid weight (object), weight called a discus in an attempt to mark a further distance than other competitors. It is a ...

er. Originally from the

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, he transferred to compete for Romania from 2003 onwards. He represented his adopted country twice at both the

World Championships in Athletics The World Athletics Championships, known as the IAAF World Championships in Athletics until 2019, are a biennial athletics competition organized by World Athletics, formerly International Association of Athletics Federations. Alongside Olympic ...

and

European Athletics Championships The European Athletics Championships is a biennial (from 2010) athletics event organised by the European Athletic Association and is recognised as the elite continental outdoor athletics championships for Europe. Editions First held, for me ...

. He was banned for two years from February 2004 after a positive test for

Nandrolone Nandrolone, also known as 19-nortestosterone, is an endogenous androgen. It is also an anabolic steroid (AAS) which is medically used in the form of esters such as nandrolone decanoate (brand name Deca-Durabolin) and nandrolone phenylpropionate ...

. In 2013 Urzu tested positive for Norandrosterone in an out of competition test, and was given another two-year sanction.Doping sanctions - News 155, Positive cases in athletics SANCTIONED ACCORDING TO INFORMATION RECEIVED BY THE IAAF AS OF JULY – AUGUST 2014
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International competitions

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* 1980 births Living people Doping cases in athletics Moldovan male discus throwers Romanian male discus throwers Romanian sportspeople in doping cases World Athletics Championships athletes for Romania Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Romanian sportsmen {{Moldova-athletics-bio-stub

International competitions

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