Jump to content

Katherine Vibert

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Katherine Elizabeth Vibert
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Born (1999-01-05) January 5, 1999 (age 25)
Bowlegs, Oklahoma
Height5 ft 4 in (163 cm)
Weight75.9 kg (167 lb) [1]
Sport
CountryUnited States
SportWeightlifting
Event–76 kg
ClubPower and Grace Performance
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • Snatch: 112 kg (2019 JWR)
  • Clean & jerk: 138 kg (2021)
  • Total: 249 kg (2021)
Medal record
Representing  United States
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo –76 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Pattaya –71 kg
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Guatemala City –71 kg
Gold medal – first place 2021 Guayaquil –76 kg
Silver medal – second place 2020 Santo Domingo –76 kg
Silver medal – second place 2023 Bariloche –71 kg
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Lima –76 kg
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Suva –71 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Tashkent –69 kg

Katherine Vibert (born January 5, 1999) is an American weightlifter, Olympian, World Champion, Pan American champion and Junior World Champion competing in the 69 kg category until 2018 and 71 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[2] She is a winner of the IWF Female Lifter of the Year for 2019.

Career

[edit]

Vibert won a silver medal in the 69kg division at the 2018 Junior World Weightlifting Championships.[3][4]

In 2019, Vibert competed at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships in the 71 kg division against teammate Mattie Rogers. During the competition she set Panamerican records in the snatch and total[5] on her way to winning gold medals in all three lifts.[6] In June 2019, she competed at the Junior World Weightlifting Championships in the 71 kg category, where her total of 246 kg was a full 34 kg over the silver medalist.[7]

At the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships, Vibert competed in the 71 kg division against teammate Mattie Rogers. In the snatch portion she set a junior world record with a 112 kg lift. She completed a 136 kg clean & jerk to sweep gold medals in all lifts. She became the youngest U.S. woman to win a World championship,[8] and the second since Robin Goad in 1994.[8] With her gold medals at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships, Junior World Weightlifting Championships and World Weightlifting Championships in 2019 she was awarded the 2019 IWF Lifter of the Year with 9,105 votes.[9]

In 2021, Vibert competed at the 2020 Olympics in the women's 76 kg event,[10] winning a silver medal, the highest achievement for an American athlete since 2000.[11]

Vibert won the silver medal in the women's 71 kg event at the 2023 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bariloche, Argentina. She finished in 5th place in the women's 71 kg event at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.[12][13]

Major results

[edit]
Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2020 Japan Tokyo, Japan 76 kg 107 111 114 2 133 138 148 2 249 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
World Championships
2019 Thailand Pattaya, Thailand 71 kg 106 107 112 1st place, gold medalist(s) 131 136 141 1st place, gold medalist(s) 248 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2023 Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 71 kg 107 107 111 8 133 133 137 4 244 5
Pan American Weightlifting Championships
2019 Guatemala Guatemala City, Guatemala 71 kg 104 107 110 1st place, gold medalist(s) 128 131 135 1st place, gold medalist(s) 245 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Pan American Games
2019 Peru Lima, Peru 76 kg 104 108 112 3 133 135 140 4 243 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Junior World Weightlifting Championships
2018 Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan 69 kg 96 100 104 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 117 122 125 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 225 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2019 Fiji Suva, Fiji 71 kg 104 108 109 1st place, gold medalist(s) 128 133 137 1st place, gold medalist(s) 246 1st place, gold medalist(s)

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "VIBERT Katherine Elizabeth". IWF.net. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
  2. ^ "Start List of 2019 Pan American Championships" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 19, 2019. Retrieved April 26, 2019.
  3. ^ "Women's 69kg – Standings". IWF.net. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
  4. ^ "Women's 69kg – Medalists". IWF.net. July 11, 2018. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
  5. ^ "2019 Pan American Weightlifting Championships Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 28, 2019. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
  6. ^ "Team USA cleaning up at 2019 Pan American Championships". TeamUSA.org. Archived from the original on April 26, 2019. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
  7. ^ "Glorious victory for USA's NYE in the womens [sic] 71kg category". IWF.net. June 5, 2019. Retrieved June 5, 2019.
  8. ^ a b "Kate Nye leads U.S. one-two at weightlifting worlds". NBC Sports. September 23, 2019. Retrieved September 23, 2019.
  9. ^ "IWF 2019 LIFTER OF THE YEAR – AMERICAN AND GEORGIAN WINNERS". IWF.net. February 20, 2020. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
  10. ^ OlympicTalk (June 19, 2021). "U.S. Olympic team roster: Athletes qualified for Tokyo Games". OlympicTalk | NBC Sports. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
  11. ^ "Women's 76 kg Results" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 1, 2021. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
  12. ^ Oliver, Brian (September 13, 2023). "World records for China's Liao and American junior Reeves at IWF World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved September 29, 2023.
  13. ^ "2023 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 17, 2023. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Katherine_Vibert&oldid=1239636061"