Mihaela Cambei Explained

Mihaela Cambei
Full Name:Mihaela Valentina Cambei
Birth Date:2002 11, df=yes
Birth Place:Dofteana, Romania
Country:Romania
Sport:Weightlifting
Weight Class:49 kg
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Mihaela Valentina Cambei (born 18 November 2002)[1] is a Romanian weightlifter. She won the silver medal in the women's 49kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France. In 2023, she won the gold medal in the women's 49kg event at the European Weightlifting Championships held in Yerevan, Armenia.[2] She also won the gold medal in her event at the 2024 European Weightlifting Championships held in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Career

In 2018, Cambei won the bronze medal in the 48kg event at the Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[3] [4] [5]

At the 2019 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships held in Bucharest, Romania, she won the silver medal in the women's junior 49kg event in the Snatch, Clean & Jerk and Total.[6] In 2021, Cambei won the bronze medal in the women's 49 kg event at the 2021 European Weightlifting Championships held in Moscow, Russia.[7] She also won the silver medal in her event at the Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[8]

Cambei won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships held in Durrës, Albania.[9]

Cambei won the silver medal in the women's 49kg Snatch event at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.[10] [11] She won the gold medal in the women's 49kg event at the 2023 European Weightlifting Championships held in Yerevan, Armenia.[2] [12] She also won the gold medals in the Snatch and Clean & Jerk events.[13] Cambei won the bronze medal in the women's 49kg Snatch event at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.[14]

In August 2024, Cambei competed in the women's 49kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.[15] She lifted 93 kg in the Snatch placing first provisionally.[15] She later lifted 112 kg in Clean & Jerk which resulted in the second-place finish behind China's Hou Zhihui who was 1 kg ahead in total.[15]

Achievements

YearVenueWeightSnatch (kg)Clean & Jerk (kg)TotalRank
width=65 1width=65 2width=65 3width=45 Rankwidth=65 1width=65 2width=65 3width=45 Rank
Olympic Games
align=left 89 91 93 106 110 112 205
World Championships
align=left 86 89 90 104 107 108 8 194 4
align=left 90 94 94 105 108 108 9 195 5
IWF World Cup
align=left 55 kg 88 91 93 103 108 110 201
European Championships
align=left 49 kg 80 84 84 4 96 100 102 180
align=left 49 kg 85 90 92 100 103 106 198
align=left 49 kg 85 90 95 100 105 109 199

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2022 World Weightlifting Championships Start Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20221208022424/https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2022/12/Bogota-Start-Book.pdf . 8 December 2022 . 10 December 2022 . IWF.
  2. News: Oliver . Brian . 15 April 2023 . First ever medal for Ireland and records for Romania at European Weightlifting Championships . InsideTheGames.biz . 17 April 2023.
  3. 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.
  4. Web site: 2018 Buenos Aires Results. InsideTheGames.biz. 17 May 2020.
  5. News: 9 October 2018. Mexican lifter Hernandez worth her weight in gold. Olympic News. 17 May 2020.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. Web site: 2022 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20221028031036/https://ewf.sport/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/RESULT-BOOK-Durres-2022.pdf . 28 October 2022 . 30 October 2022 . European Weightlifting Federation.
  10. News: Oliver . Brian . 6 December 2022 . Gold for China and Chanu recovery lights up weightlifting World Championships . InsideTheGames.biz . 7 December 2022.
  11. Web site: 2022 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20221217071304/https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2022/12/Bogota-Results-Book.pdf . 17 December 2022 . 17 December 2022 . IWF.
  12. Web site: 2023 European Weightlifting Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20230424153519/https://ewf.sport/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Results_Book-Armenia2023_rev1.pdf . 24 April 2023 . 24 April 2023 . EWF.
  13. Web site: 2023 European Weightlifting Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20230424153519/https://ewf.sport/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Results_Book-Armenia2023_rev1.pdf . 24 April 2023 . 24 April 2023 . EWF.
  14. Web site: 2023 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20230917164936/https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2023/09/2023_KSA_ResultsBook_.pdf . 17 September 2023 . 17 September 2023 . International Weightlifting Federation.
  15. Web site: Weightlifting Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240811193408/https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WLF/OG2024_WLF_B99_WLF-------------------------------.pdf . 11 August 2024 . 12 August 2024 . 2024 Summer Olympics.