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Mihaela Cambei

Mihaela Valentina Cambei (born 18 November 2002)[1] is a Romanian weightlifter. She won the silver medal in the women's 49 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France. In 2023, she won the gold medal in the women's 49 kg event at the European Weightlifting Championships held in Yerevan, Armenia.[2] She also won the gold medal in her event at the 2024 European Weightlifting Championships held in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Mihaela Cambei
Cambei at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Personal information
Full nameMihaela Valentina Cambei
Born (2002-11-18) 18 November 2002 (age 22)
Dofteana, Romania
Sport
CountryRomania
SportWeightlifting
Weight class49 kg
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  Romania
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris –49 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Yerevan 49 kg
Gold medal – first place 2024 Sofia 49 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Moscow 49 kg
Summer Youth Olympics
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Buenos Aires 48 kg
Junior World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2021 Tashkent 49 kg
Youth World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Las Vegas 49 kg
European Youth Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Pristina 48 kg
Gold medal – first place 2018 San Donato Milanese 48 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Eilat 49 kg

Career

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In 2018, Cambei won the bronze medal in the 48 kg event at the Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[3][4][5]

At the 2019 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships held in Bucharest, Romania, she won the silver medal in the women's junior 49 kg event in the Snatch, Clean & Jerk and Total.[6] In 2021, Cambei won the bronze medal in the women's 49 kg event at the 2021 European Weightlifting Championships held in Moscow, Russia.[7] She also won the silver medal in her event at the Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[8]

Cambei won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships held in Durrës, Albania.[9]

Cambei won the silver medal in the women's 49 kg Snatch event at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.[10][11] She won the gold medal in the women's 49 kg event at the 2023 European Weightlifting Championships held in Yerevan, Armenia.[2][12] She also won the gold medals in the Snatch and Clean & Jerk events.[12] Cambei won the bronze medal in the women's 49 kg Snatch event at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.[13]

In August 2024, Cambei competed in the women's 49 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.[14] She lifted 93 kg in the Snatch placing first provisionally.[14] She later lifted 112 kg in Clean & Jerk which resulted in the second-place finish behind China's Hou Zhihui who was 1 kg ahead in total.[14]

Achievements

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Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2024   Paris, France 49 kg 89 91 93 — 106 110 112 — 205  
World Championships
2022   Bogotá, Colombia 49 kg 86 89 90   104 107 108 8 194 4
2023   Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 49 kg 90 94 94   105 108 108 9 195 5
IWF World Cup
2024   Phuket, Thailand 55 kg 88 91 93   103 108 110   201  
European Championships
2021   Moscow, Russia 49 kg 80 84 84 4 96 100 102   180  
2023   Yerevan, Armenia 49 kg 85 90 92   100 103 106   198  
2024   Sofia, Bulgaria 49 kg 85 90 95   100 105 109   199  

References

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  1. ^ "2022 World Weightlifting Championships Start Book" (PDF). IWF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 December 2022. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  2. ^ a b Oliver, Brian (15 April 2023). "First ever medal for Ireland and records for Romania at European Weightlifting Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  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.
  5. ^ "Mexican lifter Hernandez worth her weight in gold". Olympic News. 9 October 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Results Book" (PDF). 2019 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 May 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Results Book" (PDF). 2021 European Weightlifting Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  8. ^ "2021 Junior World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  9. ^ "2022 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). European Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  10. ^ Oliver, Brian (6 December 2022). "Gold for China and Chanu recovery lights up weightlifting World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  11. ^ "2022 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). IWF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  12. ^ a b "2023 European Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). EWF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 April 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  13. ^ "2023 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 September 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  14. ^ a b c "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
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