[2] He is also a brother of two-time Olympian Alexandru Bratan (2000 and 2004).

[3] Bratan made his official debut for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he competed in the men's middle heavyweight category class (94 kg).

He finished only in tenth place by 2.5 kilograms short of his record from Spain's Santiago Martínez, with a total of 380 kg (175 in the snatch and 205 in the clean and jerk).

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Bratan qualified for the second time in the men's 94 kg class, after winning the bronze medal in the snatch from the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

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