Ghofrane Belkhir Explained

Ghofrane Belkhir
Birth Date:2001 8, df=yes
Country:Tunisia
Sport:Weightlifting
Weight Class:59 kg

Ghofrane Belkhir (born 11 August 2001)[1] is a Tunisian weightlifter. She won the gold medal in the women's 55kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[2] [3] She also won the gold medal in the 58kg 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]

Career

At the 2018 Mediterranean Games held in Tarragona, Spain, she won the gold medal in the 63kg Snatch event and the bronze medal in the 63kg Clean & Jerk event.[8] At the 2019 African Weightlifting Championships in Cairo, Egypt, she competed in the women's 59kg 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 59kg event at the Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[10] [11] She won the gold medal in the women's 59kg Clean & Jerk event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[12] [13]

Achievements

YearVenueWeightSnatch (kg)Clean & Jerk (kg)TotalRank
width=65 1width=65 2width=65 3width=45 Rankwidth=65 1width=65 2width=65 3width=45 Rank
World Championships
align=left 90 92 111 111 115 4 203
align=left 90 90 90
Mediterranean Games
align=left 59 kg 91 91 91 4 112 115

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Entry List by NOC . https://web.archive.org/web/20220703191716/https://gdm2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/WLF/2022-07-02/WLF-------------------------------__C32A_3.0.pdf . 3 July 2022 . 3 July 2022 . 2022 Mediterranean Games.
  2. News: Oliver. Brian. 9 December 2021. South Korean teenager Shin stuns older rivals at IWF World Championships. InsideTheGames.biz. 9 December 2021.
  3. Web site: 2021 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211217203058/https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2021/12/Results_Book_2021_World_Championships_.pdf. 17 December 2021. 17 December 2021. International Weightlifting Federation.
  4. Web site: Weightlifting Results Book. 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200517114751/http://www.pesistica.org/public/file_manager/ARCHIVIO/fipe/gare/internazionali/2018/10.06.18%20-%20olimpiadi%20giovanili/2018%20-%20Results%20Book%20Giochi%20Olimpici%20Giovanili.pdf. 17 May 2020. 17 May 2020.
  5. Web site: 2018 Buenos Aires Results. InsideTheGames.biz. 17 May 2020.
  6. News: 11 October 2018. Margaryan and Belkhir win epic battles for weightlifting gold. Olympic News. 17 May 2020.
  7. Web site: Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation Tunisia's Ghofrane Belkhir Breaks Weightlifting World Record. en-US. 28 May 2020.
  8. Web site: Weightlifting Results Book. 2018 Mediterranean Games. live. 28 May 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200530225742/https://www.iwf.net/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2018/06/Results_Book_Tarragona_2018.pdf. 30 May 2020.
  9. Web site: 2019 African Weightlifting Championships. Weightlifting Federation of Africa. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200529172541/http://www.wfa.com.ly/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Result-Book.pdf. 29 May 2020. 29 May 2020.
  10. News: Oliver . Brian . 26 May 2021 . Sensational Indonesian teenager takes weightlifting world records from US' Cummings . InsideTheGames.biz . 13 August 2022.
  11. Web site: 2021 Junior World Weightlifting Championships Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210731200747/https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2021/05/2021_IWF_JUNIOR_ResultsBook.pdf. 31 July 2021. 31 July 2021. International Weightlifting Federation.
  12. News: Houston . Michael . 2 July 2022 . Italian swimmers strong in pool at Oran 2022 Mediterranean Games . InsideTheGames.biz . 27 August 2022.
  13. Web site: Weightlifting Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220705183534/https://gdm2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/WLF/ResultBook/GDM2022_WLF_v1.1.pdf . 5 July 2022 . 6 July 2022 . 2022 Mediterranean Games.