Yekta Jamali

Yekta Jamali
Personal information
Native name
یکتا جمالی
Full nameYekta Jamali Galeh
Nationality Iran
Born (2004-12-16) December 16, 2004
Weight85.85 kg (189.3 lb)
Sport
SportWeightlifting
Event
87 kg
ClubAC 1892 Mutterstadt
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • Snatch: 100 kg (2021)
  • Clean & Jerk: 122 kg (2021)
  • Total: 222 kg (2021)
Medal record
Representing IWF Refugee Team
World Juniors Championships
2024 León 81 kg
Representing  Iran
World Juniors Championships
2021 Tashkent 87 kg
World Youth Championships
2021 Jeddah 81 kg

Yekta Jamali (Persian: یکتا جمالی, born December 16, 2004, in Sedeh Lenjan, Isfahan) is an Iranian-born weightlifter.

Career

She won a bronze medal at the 2021 Junior World Championships in the 87 kg weight division.[1] Her medal was Iran's women team's first ever in the sport.[2][3]

She represented the Refugee Olympic Team at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, after being granted asylum in Germany in 2022.[4] She lifted 231 kg in total and placed ninth.

Major results

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2024 Paris, France 81 kg 95 99 103 N/a 124 128 133 N/a 231 9
World Championships
2021 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 87 kg 90 96 100 10 113 118 122 10 222 9
2024 Manama, Bahrain 81 kg 100 104 107 8 127 131 133 8 237 7
2025 Førde, Norway 77 kg 102 106 108 5 125 130 130 13 238 8
World Junior Championships
2021 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 87 kg 85 90 92 105 111 116 208
2022 Heraklion, Greece 87 kg 94 98 100 115 121 121 6 221 4
World Youth Championships
2021 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 81 kg 86 90 93 107 115 119 205

References

  1. ^ "2021 junior world championship". iwf.net. INTERNATIONAL WEIGHTLIFTING FEDERATION.
  2. ^ "Yekta Jamali wins Iran's first-ever medal in weightlifting". Tehran Times. 30 May 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Yekta Jamali makes history in Junior World Weightlifting Championships". Iranian Students' News Agency. 31 May 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Weightlifting refugee Yekta Jamali takes World Cup opportunity to boost her Paris 2024 hopes". iwf.net. INTERNATIONAL WEIGHTLIFTING FEDERATION.