Yuderqui Maridalia Contreras, also known as Yudelkis Contreras, is a Dominican Republican weightlifter. She went to the 2008 Summer Olympics where she was 5th. After the Games, she was accused of failing a doping control, but the case ended with her name cleared. She was one of the two athletes that represented her home country in weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She failed her three attempts in the snatch stage ending with no mark.
Karyn Marshall is an American Olympic weightlifter who won the first women's world championship in weightlifting, held in 1987. She also set 60 American and world records in women's weightlifting and in 1985 became the first woman in history to clean and jerk over 300 lb (136 kg), which she did with a lift of 303 pounds (137 kg). She became a chiropractor and runs a private practice in Shrewsbury, New Jersey while battling breast cancer since 2011. In 2011, Marshall was inducted into the USA Weightlifting Hall of Fame, and she was inducted into the International Weightlifting Hall of Fame in 2015.
Izabela Dragneva-Rifatova is a retired weightlifter from Bulgaria, who is best known for being the first female weightlifter to be stripped of her medal and results and disqualified from an Olympic games for cheating. She twice competed for her native country at the Summer Olympics: 2000 and 2004. She won the silver medal in the women's – 53 kg division at the 1998 World Weightlifting Championships in Lahti.
Sabrina Richard is a French female weightlifter, competing in the 48 kg category and representing France at international competitions. She competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, finishing in 8th place in the women's flyweight division. She competed at world championships, most recently at the 2003 World Weightlifting Championships.
Weightlifting was introduced to Armenia in the late 1920s and became widely practiced after World War II. Today, it is one of the country's most popular sports. The sport is regulated by the Armenian Weightlifting Federation. The first weightlifters from Soviet Armenia made successful appearances the international stage in the 1970s. Vardan Militosyan won a silver at the 1976 Olympics, and later Yurik Vardanyan became an Olympic, World and European champion through the late 1970s and the early 1980s. Oksen Mirzoyan and Yurik Sarkisyan rose to top positions in the 1980s. After its independence from the Soviet Union, Armenia successfully held its weightlifting traditions and continues to be one of the strongest nations in Europe. In 2008, the Armenia team placed first at the European Championship. In the 2008 Summer Olympics Armenia won three bronze medals. Tigran Gevorg Martirosyan is Armenia's only world champion with his successful appearance in 2010.
Marioara Munteanu is a Romanian weightlifter, competing in the 53 kg category and representing Romania at international competitions.
Milena Grigorova Trendafilova is a Bulgarian weightlifter, competing in the 69 kg category and representing Bulgaria at international competitions.
Rosmainar is a former Indonesian female weightlifter, competing in the 48 kg category and representing Indonesia at international competitions.
Franca Pamiendi Gbodo was a Nigerian female weightlifter, competing in the 58 kg category and representing Nigeria at international competitions.
Viktoriya Yuriïvna Shaimardanova is a Ukrainian weightlifter, competing in the +75 kg category and representing Ukraine at international competitions.
Natasha Jane Barker is an Australian weightlifter, competing in the 53 kg category and representing Australia at international competitions.
Mari Nakaga was a Japanese female weightlifter, competing in the 58 kg category and representing Japan at international competitions.
Dagmar Danekova is a Slovak weightlifter, competing in the 53 kg category and representing Slovakia at international competitions.
Maria Tatsi is a Greek female weightlifter, competing in the 69 kg category and representing Greece at international competitions.
Maria Elizabet Jorge was a Brazilian female weightlifter, competing in the 53 kg category and representing Brazil at international competitions.
Tarana Abbasova (original name: Təranə Abbasova is an Azerbaijani female weightlifter, competing in the 58 kg category and representing Azerbaijan at international competitions.
Irina Nikolayevna Kassimova is a Russian female weightlifter, competing in the 69 kg category and representing Russia at international competitions.
Beata Prei was a Polish weightlifter, competing in the 69 kg category and representing Poland at international competitions.
Daniela Kerkelova was a Bulgarian weightlifter, competing in the 69 kg category and representing Bulgaria at international competitions.
Nagwan Elzawawi was an Egyptian female weightlifter, competing in the 69 kg category and representing Egypt at international competitions. She is a weightlifting coach.
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