Vadim Vacarciuc (born 1 October 1972) is a retired weightlifter from Moldova. He competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics for his native Eastern European country, starting in 1996.

Vacarciuc is best known for winning the silver medal in the men's light-heavyweight division (– 94 kg) at the 2000 European Weightlifting Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. He twice carried the flag for Moldova at the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics: in 1996 and 2000.

Vadim Vacarciuc

Political activity

Vacarciuc is a member of the Liberal Party of Moldova. In April 2009 polls, he became one of the party's MPs and in the July 2009 polls, he was re-elected. He joined the Liberal Party Reform Council in 2013.

Vadim Vacarciuc

References

1972 births

Living people

People from Fălești District

Moldovan male weightlifters

Weightlifters at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Weightlifters at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Weightlifters at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Weightlifters at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Olympic weightlifters for Moldova

Liberal Party (Moldova) MPs

Moldovan MPs 2009

Moldovan MPs 2009–2010

Romanian Popular Party politicians

European Weightlifting Championships medalists

World Weightlifting Championships medalists

20th-century Moldovan people

21st-century Moldovan people

Vadim Vacarciuc