Yekta Jamali Explained

Yekta Jamali
Native Name:یکتا جمالی
Full Name:Yekta Jamali Galeh
Birth Date:16 December 2004
Birth Place:Sedeh Lenjan, Isfahan Province, Iran
Weight:85.85kg (189.27lb)
Sport:Weightlifting
Event:87 kg
Club:AC 1892 Mutterstadt

Yekta Jamali Galeh (fa|یکتا جمالی, born December 16, 2004, in Sedeh Lenjan, Isfahan) is an Iranian-born weightlifter.

Career

She won a bronze medal at the 2021 Junior World Championships in the 87 kg weight division.[1] Her medal was Iran's women team's first ever in the sport.[2] [3]

She represented the Refugee Olympic Team at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, after being granted asylum in Germany in 2022.[4] She lifted 231 kg in total and placed ninth.

Major results

YearVenueWeightSnatch (kg)Clean & Jerk (kg)Total Rank
width=401width=402width=403width=40Rankwidth=401width=402width=403width=40Rank
Olympic Games
align=left Paris, France 9599103124128133 231 9
World Championships
Tashkent, Uzbekistan 909610010113118122102229
World Junior Championships
Tashkent, Uzbekistan 87 kg 859092105111116208
Heraklion, Greece 87 kg 949810011512112162214
World Youth Championships
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 81 kg 869093107115119205

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2021 junior world championship. iwf.net. INTERNATIONAL WEIGHTLIFTING FEDERATION.
  2. News: Yekta Jamali wins Iran's first-ever medal in weightlifting . 30 May 2021 . Tehran Times . 27 July 2021.
  3. News: Yekta Jamali makes history in Junior World Weightlifting Championships . 31 May 2021 . Iranian Students' News Agency . 27 July 2021.
  4. News: Weightlifting refugee Yekta Jamali takes World Cup opportunity to boost her Paris 2024 hopes . iwf.net. INTERNATIONAL WEIGHTLIFTING FEDERATION.