Ukrainian weightlifter (born 2001)
Kamila Konotop
 Konotop at the 2020 Summer Olympics |
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| Native name | Каміла Конотоп |
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| Born | (2001-03-23) 23 March 2001 (age 23)
Kharkiv, Ukraine |
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| Country | Ukraine |
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| Sport | Weightlifting |
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| Weight class | 55 kg, 59 kg |
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Kamila Konotop (Ukrainian: Каміла Конотоп, born 23 March 2001, Kharkiv)[1] is a Ukrainian weightlifter. She won the silver medal in the women's 59 kg event at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.[2][3] She is a four-time medalist, including three gold medals, at the European Weightlifting Championships.[4] In 2021, Konotop represented Ukraine at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Career
Konotop is from Kharkiv.[5] In 2016, at the European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships held in Eilat, Israel, she won the bronze medal in the women's 53 kg event.[6] The following year, at the 2017 Youth World Weightlifting Championships in Bangkok, Thailand, she also won the bronze medal in the women's 53 kg event.[7][8] In 2018, she won the silver medal in the women's junior 53 kg event at the European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships in Zamość, Poland. Konotop also competed in the women's 55 kg event at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan without winning a medal.[9]
In 2019, Konotop competed in the women's 55 kg event at the World Weightlifting Championships held in Pattaya, Thailand.[10] In that same year, she won the gold medal in the women's junior 55 kg event at the European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships in Bucharest, Romania.[11] At the 6th International Qatar Cup in Doha, Qatar, she won the silver medal in the women's 55 kg event.[12][13]
Konotop won the silver medal in the women's 55 kg event at the Roma 2020 World Cup in Rome, Italy.[1][14] In April 2021, she secured the gold medal in her event at the European Weightlifting Championships held in Moscow, Russia.[15][16] In May 2021, Konotop also won the gold medal in her event at the Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[16][17] She also set a new junior world record of 212 kg.[16]
In July 2021, Konotop represented Ukraine at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She finished in 5th place in the women's 55 kg event with a total result of 206 kg.[18][19] At the 2021 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships in Rovaniemi, Finland, she won the gold medal in her event with a total result of 209 kg.[20][21]
Konotop won the silver medal in her event at the 2022 European Weightlifting Championships held in Tirana, Albania.[22][23] She won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships held in Durrës, Albania.[24] In that same year, she won the bronze medal in the women's 59 kg Snatch event at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.[25][26]
Konotop won the gold medal in the women's 59 kg event at the 2023 European Weightlifting Championships held in Yerevan, Armenia.[27][28] She also won the gold medals in the Snatch and Clean & Jerk events.[28] She set European records in the Snatch, Clean & Jerk and Total events, with respectively results of 106 kg, 129 kg and 235 kg.[28] In September 2023, she won the silver medal in the women's 59 kg event at the World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.[2][3]
In 2024, she won the gold medal in her event at the European Weightlifting Championships held in Sofia, Bulgaria.
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