Yekta Jamali

Yekta Jamali
Personal information
Native nameیکتا جمالی
Full nameYekta Jamali Galeh
Nationality Iran
Born (2004-12-16) December 16, 2004 (age 20)
Sedeh Lenjan, Isfahan Province, Iran
Weight85.85 kg (189.3 lb)
Sport
SportWeightlifting
Event87 kg
ClubAC 1892 Mutterstadt
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • Snatch: 100 kg (2021)
  • Clean & Jerk: 122 kg (2021)
  • Total: 222 kg (2021)
Medal record
Representing  Iran
World Juniors Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Tashkent 87 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2024 León 81 kg
World Youth Championships
Silver medal – second place 2021 Jeddah 81 kg

Yekta Jamali Galeh (Persian: یکتا جمالی, born December 16, 2004, in Sedeh Lenjan, Isfahan) is an Iranian-born weightlifter.

Career

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

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2024 Paris, France 81 kg 95 99 103 — 124 128 133 — 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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 105 111 116 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 208 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2022 Heraklion, Greece 87 kg 94 98 100 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 115 121 121 6 221 4
World Youth Championships
2021 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 81 kg 86 90 93 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 107 115 119 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 205 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

References

  1. ^ "2021 junior world championship". iwf.net. INTERNATIONAL WEIGHTLIFTING FEDERATION.
  2. ^ "Yekta Jamali wins Iran's first-ever medal in weightlifting". Tehran Times. 30 May 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Yekta Jamali makes history in Junior World Weightlifting Championships". Iranian Students' News Agency. 31 May 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Weightlifting refugee Yekta Jamali takes World Cup opportunity to boost her Paris 2024 hopes". iwf.net. INTERNATIONAL WEIGHTLIFTING FEDERATION.


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