| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Kristina Şermetowa |
| Born | 25 May 1993 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan |
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country | Turkmenistan |
| Sport | Weightlifting |
| Event | 55 kg |
Medal record | |
| 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.
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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.
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]
| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
Representing  Turkmenistan | ||||||||||||
| Olympic Games | ||||||||||||
| 2021 |  Tokyo, Japan | 55 kg | 90 | 5 | 111 | 115 | 5 | 205 | 6 | |||
| World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2019 |  Pattaya, Thailand | 55 kg | 83 | 86 | 14 | 107 | 110 | 12 | 196 | 11 | ||
| 2018 | Ashgabat, Turkmenistan | 55 kg | 90 | 93 | 9 | 113 | 117 | 7 | 210 | 8 | ||
| 2017 |  Anaheim, United States | 53 kg | 88 | 91 |  | 109 | 111 | 113 | | 204 |  | |
| Asian Games | ||||||||||||
| 2018 |  Jakarta, Indonesia | 53 kg | 88 | 91 | 93 | 1 | 110 | 113 | 3 | 206 | | |
| Asian Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2022 |  Manama, Bahrain | 55 kg | 83 | 6 | — | — | — | |||||
| 2021 |  Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 55 kg | 88 | 6 | 110 | 7 | 198 | 7 | ||||
| 2019 |  Ningbo, China | 55 kg | 63 | 68 | 12 | 98 | 104 | — | 6 | 172 | 8 | |
| 2017 | Ashgabat, Turkmenistan | 53 kg | 78 | 5 | 100 | 104 | | 182 | | |||
| 2012 |  Pyeongtaek, South Korea | 58 kg | 77 | 81 | 83 | 8 | 95 | 100 | 8 | 183 | 8 | |
| Islamic Solidarity Games | ||||||||||||
| 2022 |  Konya, Turkey | 55 kg | 85 | 87 | 89 |  | 103 | 105 | | 194 | | |
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