Ghofrane Belkhir
Ghofrane Belkhir in 2018
Personal information
Born (2001-08-11) 11 August 2001 (age 22)
Sport
CountryTunisia
SportWeightlifting
Weight class59 kg
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  Tunisia
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Tashkent 55 kg
Summer Youth Olympics
Gold medal – first place 2018 Buenos Aires 58 kg
African Weightlifting Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Cairo 59 kg
Silver medal – second place 2016 Yaoundé 63 kg
Silver medal – second place 2017 Vacoas 63 kg
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Oran 59 kg CJ
Junior World Weightlifting Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Tashkent 59 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Tashkent 63 kg

Ghofrane Belkhir (born 11 August 2001)[1] is a Tunisian weightlifter. She won the gold medal in the women's 55 kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[2][3] She also won the gold medal in the 58 kg event at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[4][5][6] Belkhir broke the world record for the snatch, clean and jerk, and total in the women's 59-kilogram class weightlifting event at the 5th International Solidarity Weightlifting Championship in Cairo, Egypt in December 2018.[7] As of May 2020, she holds the African junior records for these events in the women's 59 kg weight class.

Career

At the 2018 Mediterranean Games held in Tarragona, Spain, she won the gold medal in the 63 kg Snatch event and the bronze medal in the 63 kg Clean & Jerk event.[8] At the 2019 African Weightlifting Championships in Cairo, Egypt, she competed in the women's 59 kg event where she failed to register a successful result in the Snatch event.[9]

In 2021, Belkhir won the gold medal in the women's 59 kg event at the Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[10][11] She won the gold medal in the women's 59 kg Clean & Jerk event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[12][13]

Achievements

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
World Championships
2021 Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan 55 kg 90 92 — 1st place, gold medalist(s) 111 111 115 4 203 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2023 Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 59 kg 90 90 90 — — — — — — —
Mediterranean Games
2022 Algeria Oran, Algeria 59 kg 91 91 91 4 112 115 — 1st place, gold medalist(s) — —

References

  1. ^ "Entry List by NOC" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 July 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  2. ^ Oliver, Brian (9 December 2021). "South Korean teenager Shin stuns older rivals at IWF World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  3. ^ "2021 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 May 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  5. ^ "2018 Buenos Aires Results". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Margaryan and Belkhir win epic battles for weightlifting gold". Olympic News. 11 October 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation | Tunisia's Ghofrane Belkhir Breaks Weightlifting World Record". Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  8. ^ "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2018 Mediterranean Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 May 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  9. ^ "2019 African Weightlifting Championships" (PDF). Weightlifting Federation of Africa. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 May 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  10. ^ Oliver, Brian (26 May 2021). "Sensational Indonesian teenager takes weightlifting world records from US' Cummings". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  11. ^ "2021 Junior World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  12. ^ Houston, Michael (2 July 2022). "Italian swimmers strong in pool at Oran 2022 Mediterranean Games". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  13. ^ "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.

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