Yekta Jamali
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| Native name | یکتا جمالی | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Yekta Jamali Galeh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Iran | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | December 16, 2004 Sedeh Lenjan, Isfahan Province, Iran | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 85.85 kg (189.3 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 87 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | AC 1892 Mutterstadt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Yekta Jamali (Persian: یکتا جمالی, born December 16, 2004, in Sedeh Lenjan, Isfahan) is an Iranian-born weightlifter.
Career
[edit]She won a bronze medal at the 2021 Junior World Championships in the 87 kg weight division.[1] Her medal was Iran's women team's first ever in the sport.[2][3]
She represented the Refugee Olympic Team at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, after being granted asylum in Germany in 2022.[4] She lifted 231 kg in total and placed ninth.
Major results
[edit]| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
| Olympic Games | ||||||||||||
| 2024 | Paris, France | 81 kg | 95 | 99 | 103 | N/a | 124 | 128 | N/a | 231 | 9 | |
| World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2021 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 87 kg | 90 | 96 | 100 | 10 | 113 | 118 | 122 | 10 | 222 | 9 |
| 2024 | Manama, Bahrain | 81 kg | 100 | 104 | 8 | 127 | 131 | 133 | 8 | 237 | 7 | |
| 2025 | Førde, Norway | 77 kg | 102 | 106 | 108 | 5 | 125 | 130 | 13 | 238 | 8 | |
| World Junior Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2021 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 87 kg | 85 | 90 | 92 |  | 105 | 111 | 116 | | 208 | |
| 2022 | Heraklion, Greece | 87 kg | 94 | 98 | 100 |  | 115 | 121 | 6 | 221 | 4 | |
| World Youth Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2021 | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | 81 kg | 86 | 90 | | 107 | 115 | | 205 | | ||
References
[edit]- ↑ "2021 junior world championship". iwf.net. INTERNATIONAL WEIGHTLIFTING FEDERATION.
- ↑ "Yekta Jamali wins Iran's first-ever medal in weightlifting". Tehran Times. 30 May 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ↑ "Yekta Jamali makes history in Junior World Weightlifting Championships". Iranian Students' News Agency. 31 May 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ↑ "Weightlifting refugee Yekta Jamali takes World Cup opportunity to boost her Paris 2024 hopes". iwf.net. INTERNATIONAL WEIGHTLIFTING FEDERATION.
External links
[edit]- Yekta Jamali at the International Weightlifting Federation
- Yekta Jamali at Olympics.com
- Yekta Jamali at Olympedia
- Yekta Jamali at InterSportStats
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