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Kristina Şermetowa

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Kristina Shermetova
Personal information
Native nameKristina Şermetowa
Born (1993-05-25) 25 May 1993 (age 31)
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
CountryTurkmenistan
SportWeightlifting
Event55 kg
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  Turkmenistan
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Anaheim 53 kg
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Jakarta 53 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
Silver medal – second place 2021 Konya 55 kg
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Ashgabat 53 kg
Updated on 11 November 2018

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

Biography

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

The first coach is Armen Stepanyan.

Career

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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

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Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Representing  Turkmenistan
Olympic Games
2021 Japan Tokyo, Japan 55 kg 90 93 93 5 111 115 117 5 205 6
World Championships
2019 Thailand Pattaya, Thailand 55 kg 83 83 86 14 107 110 110 12 196 11
2018 Turkmenistan Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 55 kg 90 93 95 9 113 117 120 7 210 8
2017 United States Anaheim, United States 53 kg 88 91 91 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 109 111 113 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 204 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Asian Games
2018 Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia 53 kg 88 91 93 1 110 113 116 3 206 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Asian Championships
2022 Bahrain Manama, Bahrain 55 kg 82 83 83 6 104 105 107
2021 Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan 55 kg 88 90 90 6 110 113 113 7 198 7
2019 China Ningbo, China 55 kg 63 68 72 12 98 104 6 172 8
2017 Turkmenistan Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 53 kg 78 81 81 5 100 104 106 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 182 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2012 South Korea Pyeongtaek, South Korea 58 kg 77 81 83 8 95 100 100 8 183 8
Islamic Solidarity Games
2022 Turkey Konya, Turkey 55 kg 85 87 89 1st place, gold medalist(s) 103 105 111 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 194 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

References

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  1. ^ "Kristina Şermetowa". IWF.net. Archived from the original on 21 August 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Шерметова заняла шестое место на Олимпиаде в соревнованиях по тяжёлой атлетике". Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  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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