Mihaela Cambei
{{Short description|Romanian weightlifter (born 2002)}}
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{{Medal|Sport| Women's weightlifting }}
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{{MedalSilver|2024 Paris|–49 kg}}
{{Medal|Competition| European Championships }}
{{Medal|Gold| 2023 Yerevan | 49 kg }}
{{Medal|Gold| 2024 Sofia | 49 kg }}
{{Medal|Gold| 2025 Chișinău | 49 kg }}
{{Medal|Bronze| 2021 Moscow | 49 kg }}
{{Medal|Competition| Summer Youth Olympics }}
{{Medal|Bronze| 2018 Buenos Aires | 48 kg }}
{{Medal|Competition| Junior World Championships }}
{{Medal|Silver| 2021 Tashkent | 49 kg }}
{{Medal|Competition| Youth World Championships }}
{{Medal|Silver| 2019 Las Vegas | 49 kg }}
{{Medal|Competition| European Youth Championships }}
{{Medal|Gold| 2017 Pristina | 48 kg }}
{{Medal|Gold| 2018 San Donato Milanese | 48 kg }}
{{Medal|Gold| 2019 Eilat | 49 kg }}
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Mihaela Valentina Cambei (born 18 November 2002){{Cite web |title=2022 World Weightlifting Championships Start Book |url=https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2022/12/Bogota-Start-Book.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208022424/https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2022/12/Bogota-Start-Book.pdf |archive-date=8 December 2022 |access-date=10 December 2022 |website=IWF}} is a Romanian weightlifter. She won the silver medal in the women's 49{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France. In 2023, she won the gold medal in the women's 49{{nbsp}}kg event at the European Weightlifting Championships held in Yerevan, Armenia.{{Cite news |last=Oliver |first=Brian |date=15 April 2023 |title=First ever medal for Ireland and records for Romania at European Weightlifting Championships |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1135979/nguyen-weightlifting-record-euros |access-date=17 April 2023}} She also won the gold medal in her event at the 2024 European Weightlifting Championships held in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Career
In 2018, Cambei won the bronze medal in the 48{{nbsp}}kg event at the Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.{{Cite web|title=Weightlifting Results Book|url=http://www.pesistica.org/public/file_manager/ARCHIVIO/fipe/gare/internazionali/2018/10.06.18%20-%20olimpiadi%20giovanili/2018%20-%20Results%20Book%20Giochi%20Olimpici%20Giovanili.pdf|website=2018 Summer Youth Olympics|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200517114751/http://www.pesistica.org/public/file_manager/ARCHIVIO/fipe/gare/internazionali/2018/10.06.18%20-%20olimpiadi%20giovanili/2018%20-%20Results%20Book%20Giochi%20Olimpici%20Giovanili.pdf|archive-date=17 May 2020|access-date=17 May 2020}}{{Cite web|title=2018 Buenos Aires Results|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/index.php/games/33/results?page=14|website=InsideTheGames.biz|access-date=17 May 2020}}{{Cite news|date=9 October 2018|title=Mexican lifter Hernandez worth her weight in gold|work=Olympic News|url=https://www.olympic.org/news/mexican-lifter-hernandez-worth-her-weight-in-gold|access-date=17 May 2020}}
At the 2019 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships held in Bucharest, Romania, she won the silver medal in the women's junior 49{{nbsp}}kg event in the Snatch, Clean & Jerk and Total.{{Cite web|title=Results Book|url=https://www.ewfed.com/2019/Bucharest/Results/Bucharest_2019_Results_Book.pdf|website=2019 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200526183557/https://www.ewfed.com/2019/Bucharest/Results/Bucharest_2019_Results_Book.pdf|archive-date=26 May 2020|access-date=26 May 2020}} In 2021, Cambei won the bronze medal in the women's 49{{nbsp}}kg event at the European Weightlifting Championships held in Moscow, Russia.{{Cite web|title=Results Book|url=https://www.ewfed.com/2021/Moscow/ResultsBook.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413173640/https://www.ewfed.com/2021/Moscow/ResultsBook.pdf|archive-date=13 April 2021|access-date=29 May 2021|website=2021 European Weightlifting Championships}} She also won the silver medal in her event at the Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.{{Cite web|title=2021 Junior World Weightlifting Championships Results Book|url=https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2021/05/2021_IWF_JUNIOR_ResultsBook.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731200747/https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2021/05/2021_IWF_JUNIOR_ResultsBook.pdf|archive-date=31 July 2021|access-date=31 July 2021|website=International Weightlifting Federation}}
Cambei won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships held in Durrës, Albania.{{Cite web |title=2022 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships Results Book |url=https://ewf.sport/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/RESULT-BOOK-Durres-2022.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221028031036/https://ewf.sport/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/RESULT-BOOK-Durres-2022.pdf |archive-date=28 October 2022 |access-date=30 October 2022 |website=European Weightlifting Federation}}
Cambei won the silver medal in the women's 49{{nbsp}}kg Snatch event at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.{{Cite news |last=Oliver |first=Brian |date=6 December 2022 |title=Gold for China and Chanu recovery lights up weightlifting World Championships |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1131351/winning-start-china |access-date=7 December 2022}}{{Cite web |title=2022 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book |url=https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2022/12/Bogota-Results-Book.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221217071304/https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2022/12/Bogota-Results-Book.pdf |archive-date=17 December 2022 |access-date=17 December 2022 |website=IWF}} She won the gold medal in the women's 49{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2023 European Weightlifting Championships held in Yerevan, Armenia.{{Cite web |title=2023 European Weightlifting Championships Results Book |url=https://ewf.sport/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Results_Book-Armenia2023_rev1.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424153519/https://ewf.sport/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Results_Book-Armenia2023_rev1.pdf |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |website=EWF}} She also won the gold medals in the Snatch and Clean & Jerk events.{{Cite web |title=2023 European Weightlifting Championships Results Book |url=https://ewf.sport/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Results_Book-Armenia2023_rev1.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424153519/https://ewf.sport/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Results_Book-Armenia2023_rev1.pdf |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |website=EWF}} Cambei won the bronze medal in the women's 49{{nbsp}}kg Snatch event at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.{{Cite web |title=2023 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book |url=https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2023/09/2023_KSA_ResultsBook_.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230917164936/https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2023/09/2023_KSA_ResultsBook_.pdf |archive-date=17 September 2023 |access-date=17 September 2023 |website=International Weightlifting Federation}}
In August 2024, Cambei competed in the women's 49{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.{{Cite web |title=Weightlifting Results Book |url=https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WLF/OG2024_WLF_B99_WLF-------------------------------.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240811193408/https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WLF/OG2024_WLF_B99_WLF-------------------------------.pdf |archive-date=11 August 2024 |access-date=12 August 2024 |website=2024 Summer Olympics}} She lifted 93 kg in the Snatch placing first provisionally. 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.
Achievements
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| colspan=13 | Olympic Games | ||||||||||||
| 2024 | align=left | Paris, France | 49 kg | 89 | 91 | 93 | {{n/a}} | 106 | 110 | 112 | {{n/a}} | 205 | {{silver2}} |
| colspan=13 | World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2022 | align=left | Bogotá, Colombia | 49 kg | 86 | 90 | {{silver2}} | 104 | 8 | 194 | 4 | |||
| 2023 | align=left | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 49 kg | 90 | {{bronze3}} | 105 | 9 | 195 | 5 | ||||
| colspan=13 | IWF World Cup | ||||||||||||
| 2024 | align=left | Phuket, Thailand | 55 kg | 88 | 91 | {{silver2}} | 103 | 108 | 110 | {{bronze3}} | 201 | {{silver2}} | |
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! colspan=13 | European Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2021 | align=left | Moscow, Russia | 49 kg | 80 | 4 | 96 | 100 | {{silver2}} | 180 | {{bronze3}} | |||
| 2023 | align=left | Yerevan, Armenia | 49 kg | 85 | 90 | 92 | {{gold1}} | 100 | 103 | 106 | {{gold1}} | 198 | {{gold1}} |
| 2024 | align=left | Sofia, Bulgaria | 49 kg | 85 | 90 | {{gold1}} | 100 | 105 | 109 | {{gold1}} | 199 | {{gold1}} | |
| 2025
| align=left | Chișinău, Moldova |49 kg | | |85 |{{gold1}} |97 |100 |105 |{{gold1}} |190 |{{gold1}} |
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Category:Romanian female weightlifters
Category:European Weightlifting Championships medalists
Category:Weightlifters at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Category:Weightlifters at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic medalists in weightlifting
Category:Olympic silver medalists for Romania
Category:Olympic weightlifters for Romania