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Khumukcham Sanjita Chanu (born 2 January 1994) is an Indian weightlifter. Born in Kakching Khunou, Kakching district, Manipur, she is a two time Commonwealth Games Champion. Chanu won the gold medals at the 2014 Glasgow and the 2018 Gold Coast events in the women's 48 kg and 53 kg weight category respectively. She holds the Commonwealth Games ...
At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo (held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic), Campbell became the first British female weightlifter to win a medal at the Olympics, with a silver in the women's +87 kg event. [8] [9] [10] Later that year, she went on to earn a bronze medal at the World Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. [11] [12]
Nataliya Kuznetsova, also spelled Natalia (née Trukhina; born July 1, 1991), is a Russian professional female bodybuilder and powerlifter. Kuznetsova began powerlifting at fourteen years of age in an attempt to gain muscle mass. [2] [3]
She is also the first woman ever known to be a member of the 2,000 pound club, as she is the first of two women ever to total over 2,000 pounds in a meet on the same day. [9] She has also competed in strongwoman contests, beginning in 2002. Swanson is also known for doing 35 kg dumbbell curls for 10 repetitions.
Li Wenwen (Chinese: 李雯雯; pinyin: Lǐ Wénwén; born 5 March 2000) is a Chinese weightlifter competing in the women's +87 kg division. [5] She is a double Olympic champion, the current world champion, as well as the incumbent Asian champion. In 2021, she set the current world records for both clean & jerk and snatch.
Laurel Hubbard (born 9 February 1978) is a New Zealand weightlifter. [3] Selected to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics, she was the first openly transgender woman to compete in the Olympic Games. [4] [5] Prior to making her Olympic debut, Hubbard achieved a ranking of 7th in the IWF's women's +87 kg division. [6] [5]
Karnam Malleswari (born 1 June 1975) is a retired Indian weightlifter.She is the first Indian woman to win a medal at the Olympics in 2000. In 1994, she received the Arjuna Award and in 1999, she received the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, India's highest sporting honour, and the civilian Padma Shri award.
Kamila Sergiivna Konotop (Ukrainian: Каміла Сергіївна Конотоп, born 23 March 2001 in Kharkiv) [1] is a Ukrainian weightlifter. She won the silver medal in the women's 59 kg event at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.