Kristina Şermetowa

Kristina Shermetova (Turkmen: Kristina Şermetowa; born 25 May 1993 in, Turkmenistan) is a Turkmen weightlifter.[1] Her best results was a silver medal at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships in Anaheim.

Kristina Shermetova
Personal information
Native nameKristina Şermetowa
NationalityTurkmen
Born (1993-05-25) 25 May 1993
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
CountryTurkmenistan
SportWeightlifting
Event(s)55 kg
Updated on 11 November 2018.

Biography

She was born on May 25, 1993, in Turkmenistan capital city Ashgabat. Since childhood, she has been engaged in sports dancing. She started weightlifting in 2007 because of a friend of her father was opened a weightlifting school for girls in Ashgabat.

The first coach is Armen Stepanyan.

Career

Kristina Şermetowa at the 2020 Summer Olympics (first on the right)

The first international success in her career was the bronze medal of the 2009 Asian Youth Weightlifting Championship in the category up to 48 kg.

Due to injuries, she missed 2015 and 2016 seasons.

2017 turned out to be successful for Kristina Shermetova. The athlete became the third at the 2017 Asian Weightlifting Championships in the category up to 53 kg, and at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships in Anaheim she won silver.

In July 2021, she represented Turkmenistan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She finished in 6th place in the women's 55 kg event.[2][3]

Major results

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Representing  Turkmenistan
Olympic Games
2021 Tokyo, Japan55 kg909393511111511752056
World Championships
2019 Pattaya, Thailand55 kg838386141071101101219611
2018 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan55 kg909395911311712072108
2017 Anaheim, United States53 kg889191109111113204
Asian Games
2018 Jakarta, Indonesia53 kg88919311101131163206
Asian Championships
2021 Tashkent, Uzbekistan55 kg889090611011311371987
2019 Ningbo, China55 kg636872129810461728
2017 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan53 kg7881815100104106182
2012 Pyeongtaek, South Korea58 kg77818389510010081838

References

  1. "Kristina Şermetowa". iwf.net. Retrieved August 21, 2018.
  2. Шерметова заняла шестое место на Олимпиаде в соревнованиях по тяжёлой атлетике
  3. "Women's 55 kg Results" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.


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