Ghofrane Belkhir

Ghofrane Belkhir (born 11 August 2001) is a Tunisian weightlifter. She won the gold medal in the women's 55 kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[1][2] She also won the gold medal in the 58 kg event at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[3][4][5] 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.[6] As of May 2020, she holds the African junior records for these events in the women's 59 kg weight class.

Ghofrane Belkhir
Ghofrane Belkhir in 2018
Personal information
Born (2001-08-11) 11 August 2001
Sport
CountryTunisia
SportWeightlifting
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  Tunisia
World Championships
2021 Tashkent 55 kg
Summer Youth Olympics
2018 Buenos Aires 58 kg
African Weightlifting Championships
2016 Yaoundé 63 kg
2017 Vacoas 63 kg
Junior World Weightlifting Championships
2021 Tashkent 59 kg
2018 Tashkent 63 kg

Career

At the 2018 Mediterranean Games held in Tarragona, Spain, she won the gold medal in the 63 kg Snatch event and the bronze medal in the 63 kg Clean & Jerk event.[7] At the 2019 African Weightlifting Championships in Cairo, Egypt, she competed in the women's 59 kg event where she failed to register a successful result in the Snatch event.[8]

In 2021, she won the gold medal in the women's 59 kg event at the Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[9]

Achievements
Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
World Championships
2021 Tashkent, Uzbekistan55 kg9092—1111111154203

References
  1. Oliver, Brian (9 December 2021). "South Korean teenager Shin stuns older rivals at IWF World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 9 December 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "2021 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  3. "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 May 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  4. "2018 Buenos Aires Results". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 17 May 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. "Margaryan and Belkhir win epic battles for weightlifting gold". Olympic News. 11 October 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. "Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation | Tunisia's Ghofrane Belkhir Breaks Weightlifting World Record". Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  7. "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2018 Mediterranean Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 May 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  8. "2019 African Weightlifting Championships" (PDF). Weightlifting Federation of Africa. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 May 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  9. "2021 Junior World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
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