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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Medal record
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Yekta Jamali Galeh (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 | — | 124 | 128 | — | 231 | 9 | |
| World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2021 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 87 kg | 90 | 96 | 100 | 10 | 113 | 118 | 122 | 10 | 222 | 9 |
| World Junior Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2021 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 87 kg | 85 | 90 | 92 |  |
105 | 111 | 116 | |
208 |
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| 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 |
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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
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