Elena Erighina Explained

Elena Erighina
Birth Date:1996 6, df=yes
Country:Moldova
Sport:Weightlifting
Weight Class:87 kg

Elena Erighina (née Cîlcic, born 3 June 1996)[1] is a Moldovan weightlifter. She won the silver medal in the women's 87kg event at the 2021 European Weightlifting Championships held in Moscow, Russia.[2] [3]

Career

She won the bronze medal in the under-23 women's 75kg event at the 2018 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships held in Zamość, Poland. In 2019, she won the gold medal in the under-23 women's 87kg event at the European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships in Bucharest, Romania.[4]

She also competed in the women's 81 kg event at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan and in the women's 87 kg event at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships held in Pattaya, Thailand.[5]

In 2020, she won the silver medal in the women's 87kg event at the Roma 2020 World Cup in Rome, Italy.[1] [6]

She represented Moldova at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She finished in 8th place in the women's 87 kg event.[7]

Major results

YearVenueWeightSnatch (kg)Clean & Jerk (kg)TotalRank
width=65 1width=65 2width=65 3width=45 Rankwidth=65 1width=65 2width=65 3width=45 Rank
Summer Olympics
align=left 105 109 109 130 135 139 240 8
European Championships
align=left 87 kg 103 107 110 129 134138 245

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020 Roma World Cup. Federazione Italiana Pesistica. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200526140449/http://www.pesistica.org/public/file_manager/ARCHIVIO/fipe/gare/nazionali/2020/01.27.20%20-%20RomaWWC/Results/Roma%202020%20WWC%20-%20Results.pdf. 26 May 2020. 26 May 2020.
  2. Web site: Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210413173640/https://www.ewfed.com/2021/Moscow/ResultsBook.pdf. 13 April 2021. 29 May 2021. 2021 European Weightlifting Championships.
  3. News: Oliver. Brian. 10 April 2021. Shock defeat for Martirosyan leaves Ukraine top of European Weightlifting Championships medals table. InsideTheGames.biz. 16 December 2021.
  4. Web site: Results Book. 2019 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200526183557/https://www.ewfed.com/2019/Bucharest/Results/Bucharest_2019_Results_Book.pdf. 26 May 2020. 26 May 2020.
  5. Web site: 2019 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210725001808/https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2019/09/job_934-Pattaya_2019.pdf. 25 July 2021. 25 July 2021. International Weightlifting Federation.
  6. News: Oliver. Brian. 1 February 2020. Transgender weightlifter Hubbard keeps Olympic hopes alive at age 41. InsideTheGames.biz. live. 31 May 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200531164155/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1089956/transgender-weightlifter-wins-in-rome. 31 May 2020.
  7. Web site: Women's 87 kg Results. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210802130745/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WLF/OG2020-_WLF_C73_WLFW87KG--------------FNL---------.pdf. 2 August 2021. 15 August 2021. 2020 Summer Olympics.