Evagjelia Veli

Evagjelia Veli

Personal information
Nationality	Albanian
Born	(1991-07-16) 16 July 1991 (age 33) Fier, Albania
Height	1.5 m (4 ft 11 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Country	Albania
Sport	Weightlifting
Event	Women's 55 kg
Club	Tirana
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	8
Highest world ranking	1
Medal record Women's weightlifting Representing   Albania European Championships 2022 Tirana 55 kg

Evagjelia Veli (born 16 July 1991) is an Albanian weightlifter. She won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 European Weightlifting Championships held in Tirana, Albania. ^{[1] [2]}

She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the women's 53 kg. ^[3] She finished in 8th place. ^[4] She competed at the Senior European Weightlifting Championship 2016 in Forde in Women's 53 kg. She finished in 5th place. She competed at the Senior European Weightlifting Championship 2017 in Split in Women's 53 kg, and finished in 4th place.

In May 2022 she tested positive for presence of stanozolol metabolite and exogenous 5αAdiol and/or 5βAdiol ^[5] and is subsequently suspended until July 2027.

References

1. Oliver, Brian (29 May 2022). "Bulgaria back in style with two golds at European Weightlifting Championships". InsideTheGames.biz . Retrieved 3 June 2022.
2. "2022 European Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). European Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
3. "Evagjelia Veli". Rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
4. "Women's 53kg Winners". Rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
5. https://ita.sport/sanction/international-weightlifting-federation-iwf/

External links

• Evagjelia Veli at the International Weightlifting Federation
• Evagjelia Veli at Olympics.com
• Evagjelia Veli at Olympedia ( archive )