Roilya Ranaivosoa

Roilya Ranaivosoa
Personal information
Full nameMarie Hanitra Roilya Ranaivosoa
Born (1990-11-14) 14 November 1990 (age 34)
Curepipe, Mauritius
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight47.96 kg (106 lb)[1]
Sport
Country Mauritius
SportWeightlifting
TeamNational team
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  Mauritius
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Birmingham 49 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Gold Coast 48 kg
African Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Brazzaville 53 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Rabat 49 kg
Commonwealth Championships
Silver medal – second place 2016 Penang 53 kg
African Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Yaoundé 48 kg
Gold medal – first place 2017 Vacoas 48 kg
Gold medal – first place 2018 Mahébourg 53 kg
Silver medal – second place 2019 Cairo 49 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Casablanca 69 kg
Updated on 30 January 2022

Marie Hanitra Roilya Ranaivosoa (born 14 November 1990), commonly known as Roilya Ranaivosoa, is a Mauritian weightlifter of Malagasy descent, competing in the 48 kg category and representing Mauritius at international competitions.

She competed at several editions of the World Weightlifting Championships.[2] She participated at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the 58 kg event.[3]

She represented Mauritius at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She finished in 11th place in the women's 49 kg event.[4]

She won the silver medal in the women's 49 kg event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England.[5] In December 2022, she was elected as member of the IWF Athletes' Commission.[6]

However, her career has been marred by a breach of anti-doping regulations, resulting in her resignation from the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Athletes' Commission and subsequent sanctions.

Ranaivosoa's involvement in a doping scandal came to light when the International Testing Agency (ITA), responsible for conducting anti-doping procedures for the IWF, charged her with sample swapping and tampering. The alleged offence occurred in 2016, approximately four months before she participated in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, where she finished ninth in the 48-kilogram category. The alleged sample swapping occurred during an out-of-competition control in Romania, where she was undergoing a training camp under the controversial Romanian Coach Urdas Constantin.

Following the charges, Ranaivosoa resigned from the IWF Athletes' Commission.

Major results

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Representing  Mauritius
Olympic Games
2021 Japan Tokyo, Japan 49 kg 73 76 76 12 91 95 96 11 164 11
2016 Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 48 kg 73 78 80 10 93 98 100 10 173 9
World Championships
2019 Thailand Pattaya, Thailand 49 kg 73 76 77 26 92 95 98 14 171 20
2018 Turkmenistan Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 49 kg 73 73 76 19 94 97 101 15 173 15
2017 United States Anaheim, United States 53 kg 75 78 80 13 95 100 100 17 178 12
2015 United States Houston, United States 48 kg 80 82 82 14 100 100 104 14 180 13
2014 Kazakhstan Almaty, Kazakhstan 58 kg 76 79 83 28 96 101 105 23 180 25
Commonwealth Games
2018 Australia Gold Coast, Australia 48 kg 73 76 78 2 90 94 94 2 170 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2014 Scotland Glasgow, Scotland 58 kg 82 82 85 9 100 100 100 - - -
African Games
2019 Morocco Rabat, Morocco 49 kg 75 80 80 1st place, gold medalist(s) 92 94 95 1st place, gold medalist(s) 169 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2015 Republic of the Congo Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo * 53 kg 80 85 85 1st place, gold medalist(s) 103 108 108 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 183 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Commonwealth Championships
2016 Malaysia Penang, Malaysia 53 kg 73 76 78 1 92 95 96 2 174 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
African Championships
2019 Egypt Cairo, Egypt 49 kg 71 74 74 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 93 96 98 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 164 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2018 Mauritius Mahébourg, Mauritius 53 kg 70 80 83 1st place, gold medalist(s) 90 100 103 1st place, gold medalist(s) 180 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2017 Mauritius Vacoas, Mauritius 48 kg 70 76 81 1st place, gold medalist(s) 90 95 100 1st place, gold medalist(s) 171 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2016 Cameroon Yaoundé, Cameroon 48 kg 73 78 81 1st place, gold medalist(s) 95 102 102 1st place, gold medalist(s) 180 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2013 Morocco Casablanca, Morocco 69 kg 71 71 75 4 87 92 95 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 166 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

* Originally, she was second place in snatch and total, but later, the originally gold medallist Nigerian Elizabeth Onuah was disqualified.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Roilya Ranaivosoa". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 11 December 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  2. ^ "2015 Weightlifting World Championships - Marie Hanitra Roilya Ranaivosoa". iwf.net. International Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Weightlifting at the 2014 Commonwealth Games - Marie Hanitra Roilya Ranaivosoa". iwf.net. International Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Women's 49 kg Results" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  5. ^ Rowbottom, Mike (30 July 2022). "India's Chanu reigns supreme in women's weightlifting 49kg class". Inside the Games. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  6. ^ Oliver, Brian (21 December 2022). "Three Olympic weightlifting champions and 700,000 Instagram followers - the new IWF Athletes Commission". Inside the Games. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  7. ^ "Doping ban shock for Nigeria". Independent Online. 24 January 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2019.


Olympic Games
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Tokyo 2020
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Richarno Colin 		Succeeded by


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