Rosina Randafiarison Explained
| Birth Name: | Rosina Randafiarison |
| Nationality: | Malagasy |
| Birth Date: | 1999 12, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Majunga, Madagascar |
| Height: | 165 cm |
| Sport: | Weightlifting |
| Event: | 45 kg
48 kg
49 kg |
| Pb: | 180kg |
Rosina Randafiarison (born 29 December 1999)[1] is a weightlifter from Madagascar. She is the silver medalist of 2023 World Championships and the first ever world medalist in any Olympic sport from Madagascar.[2]
Career
Randafiarison took up weightlifting at the age of 15 in her home town of Majunga. Her father encouraged her to start training at a local gym. Later, she moved to Antananarivo for training.[3]
Her snatch and total lifts at the 2019 African Championship were recognised as Junior Women's African Records.[4] [5]
The last opportunity for Madagascar to ensure the qualification of its weightlifters for the Tokyo Olympics was at the African Championship Zone 3 (South Zone for juniors) event in November 2019. Jean Alex Harinelina Randriamanarivo, the President of the Madagascan weightlifting Federation (Fédération Malgache d’Haltérophilie, de musculation et culturisme) identified Randafiarison as a key part of the team.[6] [7] At the 2019 African Games, Randafiarison won the gold.[8] Randafiarison won a total of 16 continental and regional gold medals in 2019.[9]
In September 2023, Randafiarison competed in the women's 45 kg at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships. She won silver medals in the Snatch and Clean & Jerk events and in total becoming the first medalist for Madagascar in any Olympics discipline at the world championship level.[10]
In August 2024, Randafiarison competed in the women's 49kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.[11] She set three African records in the Snatch (80 kg), Clean & Jerk (100 kg) and total (180 kg) finishing in 10th place.[11] [12]
Achievements
| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank |
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| width=65 | 1 | width=65 | 2 | width=65 | 3 | width=45 | Rank | width=65 | 1 | width=65 | 2 | width=65 | 3 | width=45 | Rank |
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| Summer Olympics |
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| align=left | | | 75 | 80 | 83 | | 95 | 100 | 100 | | 180 | 10 |
| World Championships |
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| align=left | | | 65 | 70 | 72 | 5 | 85 | 90 | 90 | 10 | 155 | 8 |
| align=left | | | 71 | 75 | 75 | 29 | 91 | 91 | 91 | — | — | — |
| align=left | | | 70 | 75 | 77 | | 93 | 100 | 100 | | 170 | |
| IWF World Cup |
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| | 49 kg | 75 | 75 | 77 | 21 | 95 | 100 | 100 | 18 | 172 | 16 |
| African Games |
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| align=left | | 45 kg | 65 | 70 | 73 | | 80 | 85 | 85 | | 155 | |
| African Championships |
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| align=left | | 48 kg | 55 | 59 | 62 | | 70 | 75 | 75 | 5 | 137 | 4 |
| align=left | | 48 kg | 55 | 60 | 60 | | 70 | 75 | 80 | | 130 | |
| align=left | | 45 kg | 60 | 68 | 70 | | 80 | 85 | 85 | | 150 | |
| align=left | | 45 kg | 55 | 65 | 65 | | 70 | 80 | 80 | | 135 | |
| align=left | | 49 kg | 70 | 74 | 78 | | 90 | 95 | 100 | | 169 | | |
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Randafiarison Rosina . iwf.net . IWF . 22 November 2019.
- News: Oliver . Brian . Weightlifter’s wild screams greet landmark moment in sport for Madagascar at World Championships . 9 August 2024 . Inside the Games . 4 September 2023.
- Web site: RANDAFIARISON Rosina . Paris 2024 . 9 August 2024.
- Web site: Junior Women's African Records Until 29 April 2019 . wfa.com.ly . Weightlifting Federation of Africa . 29 April 2019 . 22 November 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190725144946/http://www.wfa.com.ly/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2Women-junior-new-African-records-until-29.04.2019.pdf . 25 July 2019 . live .
- News: Rasanda . Serge . 27 April 2019 . Haltérophilie – Afrique – Eric et Rosina sacrés champions . L' Express de Madagascar . 22 November 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200104021147/https://lexpress.mg/27/04/2019/halterophilie-afrique-eric-et-rosina-sacres-champions/ . 4 January 2020 . live .
- News: Rasanda . Serge . 27 April 2019 . Haltérophilie – Afrique – Eric et Rosina sacrés champions . L' Express de Madagascar . 22 November 2019.
- News: Rasanda . Serge . 13 June 2019 . Haltérophilie – JO 2020 – Cinq essais pour Tokyo . L' Express de Madagascar (Madagascar) . 22 November 2019.
- Web site: Results-Women's 45kg Competition . jar2019.ma . Ministry of Youth and Sports, Morocco . 22 November 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191119102410/https://www.jar2019.ma/schedule-results/index.html . 19 November 2019 . live .
- News: Pharlin . Soafara . 2 January 2020 . Halterophilie: Rosina Randafiarison: J'ai le potential pour me qualifier pour lex Jeux olympiques . Weightlifting: Rosina Randafiarison: I have the potential to qualify for the Olympic Games . French . newsmada.com . 9 January 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200104021147/https://www.newsmada.com/2020/01/02/halterophilie-rosina-randafiarison-jai-le-potentiel-pour-me-qualifier-pour-les-jeux-olympiques/ . 4 January 2020 . live.
- News: Oliver . Brian . Riyadh, Day 1: The numbers look good for Saudi Arabia, Thailand and Madagascar . 9 August 2024 . IWF . 4 September 2023.
- 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.
- News: JEUX OLYMPIQUES – Six records d’Afrique dans deux catégories pour Rosina Randafiarison . 9 August 2024 . 2424.mg News & Reports . 8 August 2024 . French.
