Solfrid Koanda
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Solfrid Eila Amena Koanda (born 13 November 1998) is a Norwegian weightlifter and former electrician who became the first female Norwegian weightlifter to become an Olympic champion, and the first Norwegian weightlifter to become World and European champion in the sport. Born in Oulu to a Finnish mother and an Ivorian father, she lived in Finland until moving to Norway at nine years old. She struggled with self-confidence and usually trained alone in a weight room before being put into foster care and began training in CrossFit. She was then recruited into weightlifting by a CrossFit coach who trained both sports.
A few days after training in the sport, she qualified for her first competition where she then set a national record. Another local competition qualified her for the 2021 European Weightlifting Championships, where she then earned a bronze medal and set new national records. Later that same year, she competed at her first World Weightlifting Championships and earned a bronze medal as well.
Koanda has won four Kongepokals. She won the 2022, 2023, and 2024 European Weightlifting Championships, and also became the 2022 World Weightlifting Champion. At the 2024 Summer Olympics, she won the gold medal in her event and set new Olympic records, where she was then hailed as the Female Athlete of the Year at the 2025 Idrettsgallaen.
Early life
Solfrid Eila Amena Koanda was born on 13 November 1998 to a Finnish mother and an Ivorian father in Oulu, Finland. As a toddler, she was noticed to be muscular. When Koanda was nine years old, she and her family moved to Grimstad, Norway.{{Cite web |last=Langeveld |first=Espen |date=17 December 2021 |trans-title=Left her parents at 15 – Now she is a world champion |title=Forlot foreldrene som 15-åring – Nå er hun verdensmester |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003142318/https://www.nrk.no/sport/forlot-foreldrene-som-15-aring-_-na-er-hun-verdensmester-1.15771819 |archive-date=3 October 2023 |url=https://www.nrk.no/sport/forlot-foreldrene-som-15-aring-_-na-er-hun-verdensmester-1.15771819 |access-date=27 January 2025 |work=NRK |language=NO}} In ungdomsskolen (lower secondary school), she commented that she struggled with self-confidence because of her appearance and greater muscle mass compared to others. Due to this, she often disregarded her friends invitations to participate in football or handball and trained alone in a weight room instead.{{cite web|url=https://www.nrk.no/sport/solfrid-vaget-ikke-bli-med-vennene-pa-fellestrening_-_-det-var-vanskelig-a-vaere-jente-med-muskler-1.15455579 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004063500/https://www.nrk.no/sport/solfrid-vaget-ikke-bli-med-vennene-pa-fellestrening_-_-det-var-vanskelig-a-vaere-jente-med-muskler-1.15455579 |archive-date=4 October 2023 |date=15 April 2021 |access-date=27 January 2025 |title=Solfrid våget ikke bli med vennene på fellestrening: – Det var vanskelig å være jente med muskler |trans-title=Solfrid didn't dare join her friends for shared training: - It was difficult to be a girl with muscles |lang=no |work=NRK |last1=Sande |first1=Egil }}
She left her family at the age of fifteen and went into foster care, where she began CrossFit at this time.{{cite web |last1=Bergh |first1=Nicholas |url=https://www.aftenposten.no/sport/i/mP0kv1/solfrid-koandas-bragd-i-ol-burde-vaert-umulig-gjenstanden-paa-nattbordet-sier-alt |date=10 August 2024 |access-date=27 January 2025 |work=Aftenposten |title=På nattbordet har Solfrid Koanda en kontrakt. Den sier mye om bragden. |trans-title=Solfrid Koanda has a contract on her bedside table. It says a lot about her achievement. |lang=no}} She moved out of her foster home at the age of eighteen.
Career
=2020–2021=
Koanda began weightlifting in 2020 after she was recruited by a CrossFit coach.{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/solfrid-eila-amena-koanda_1878625 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240730142547/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/solfrid-eila-amena-koanda_1878625 |archive-date=30 July 2024 |title=Koanda, Solfrid Eila Amena |work=International Olympic Committee |access-date=27 January 2025 }} She qualified for her first competition a few days later for the women's 87 kg event. At the competition, the {{ill|2020 Norwegian Weightlifting Championships|no|NM i vektløfting 2020}} in Vigrestad, she placed second and set a new national record in the clean and jerk with 114 kg.{{cite web|url=https://snl.no/Solfrid_Koanda |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250114112358/https://snl.no/Solfrid_Koanda |archive-date=14 January 2025 |title=Solfrid Koanda |work=Great Norwegian Encyclopedia |access-date=27 January 2025 }}{{Cite web |date=22 July 2022 |last1=Stensland |first1=Rune |title=Løfter 40 tonn i uka for å vinne OL-gull |trans-title=Lifting 40 tons a week to win Olympic gold |url=https://www.aftenposten.no/sport/i/PppG1J/loefter-40-tonn-i-uka-for-aa-vinne-ol-gull |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241210065442/https://www.aftenposten.no/sport/i/PppG1J/loefter-40-tonn-i-uka-for-aa-vinne-ol-gull |archive-date=10 December 2024|access-date=27 January 2025 |work=Aftenposten |language=no}} In February 2021, she set new three national records in the 87 kg division with 96 kg in snatch, 125 kg in clean and jerk, and a total of 221 kg at an online competition hosted by CrossFit Blindleia in Lillesand. She qualified for the European Weightlifting Championships at this event.{{cite web |date=15 February 2021 |title=Solfrid (22) er historisk sørlending |trans-title=Solfrid (22) is a historic southerner |url=https://www.aftenposten.no/sport/i/1BVX3M/solfrid-22-er-historisk-soerlending |accessdate=11 April 2021 |work=Aftenposten |last1=Stensland |first1=Rune}}
Koanda made her international debut in April at the 2021 European Weightlifting Championships in Moscow, Russia, competing in the women's 87 kg event. She lifted 100 kg in the snatch, clean and jerked 135 kg for a new Nordic record and a bronze medal, and finished with a total of 235 kg for fifth place overall.{{cite web |date=11 April 2021 |title=Overrasket med EM-bronse i vektløfting |trans-title=Surprised with European Championship bronze in weightlifting |lang=no |url=https://www.fvn.no/norgeogverden/i/bnx3G5/overrasket-med-em-bronse-i-vektloefting |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241210112846/https://www.fvn.no/norgeogverden/i/bnx3G5/koanda-overrasket-med-em-bronse-i-vektloefting |archive-date=10 December 2024 |accessdate=11 April 2021 |work=Fædrelandsvennen }} Her following competition was the 2021 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships in Rovaniemi, Finland. She snatched 103 kg, clean and jerked 140 kg, and finished with a total of 243 kg to earn the overall gold medal in the women's +87 kg event and set new national reocrds.{{Cite web |title=2021 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships Results Book |url=https://www.ewfed.com/2021/Junior/Resultbook.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004142147/https://www.ewfed.com/2021/Junior/Resultbook.pdf |archive-date=4 October 2021 |access-date=4 October 2021 |work=European Weightlifting Federation}}
In October, Koanda won her first Norwegian Championships, the {{ill|2021 Norwegian Weightlifting Championships|no|NM i vektløfting 2021}} which were held in Spydeberg, after winning the gold medal in her event. Two months later, she competed at her first world championships, the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. She lifted 103 kg in the snatch, 141 kg in the clean and jerk and earned gold, and finished with a total of 244 kg for an overall bronze medal in the women's 87 kg event.{{Cite web |last=Gill |first=Henrik |date=29 December 2022 |title=Slutter i jobben:– Skummelt |trans-title=Quitting her job to chase Olympic gold: – Scary |url=https://www.fvn.no/sport/i/wARAmA/slutter-i-jobben-for-aa-jakte-ol-gull-skummelt |access-date=27 January 2025 |work=Fædrelandsvennen |language=no}}
=2022–2023=
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Koanda was nominated for Female Athlete of the Year at the 2022 Idrettsgallaen in January. The award was won by skier Therese Johaug.{{cite web|url=https://www.nrk.no/sport/idrettsgallaen-2022-1.14367712 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230109001246/https://www.nrk.no/sport/idrettsgallaen-2022-1.14367712 |archive-date=9 January 2023 |date=8 January 2022 |access-date=29 January 2025 |work=NRK |title=Idrettsgallaen 2022 |trans-title=Sports Gala 2022 |lang=no }} Five months later, she competed at the 2022 European Weightlifting Championships in Tirana, Albania, in the women's 87 kg event. She lifted 109 kg in the snatch, 143 kg in the clean and jerk, and 252 kg in the total for all available gold medals, new national records for all lifts, and becoming the first Norwegian weightlifter to become European champion.{{Cite news |last=Oliver |first=Brian |date=5 June 2022 |title=Landmark golds for Britain's Campbell and Norway's Koanda at European Weightlifting Championships |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1124096/campbell-konada-european-weightlifting |access-date=5 June 2022 |work=Inside The Games |archive-date=19 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240719024537/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1124096/campbell-konada-european-weightlifting }} She then won her first Kongepokal at the {{ill|2022 Norwegian Weightlifting Championships|no|NM i vektløfting 2022}} when she lifted 111 kg in the snatch, 145 kg in the clean and jerk, and 256 kg in the total for the gold medal and new national and Nordic records.{{cite web|url=https://www.gat.no/sport/i/KzQQ0M/sikret-seg-kongepokalen-etter-solide-prestasjoner |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250129061557/https://www.gat.no/sport/i/KzQQ0M/sikret-seg-kongepokalen-etter-solide-prestasjoner |archive-date=29 January 2025 |date=24 June 2022 |title=Sikret seg kongepokalen etter solide prestasjoner |trans-title=Secured the King's Cup after solid performances |lang=no |work={{ill|Grimstad Adressetidende|no|Grimstad Adressetidende}} }}
In August, Koanda suffered a stress fracture in her wrist which limited her training. She used a wooden stick to train before progressing to a barbell until November, a few weeks before the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships in Bogotá, Colombia. In the women's 87 kg event, she lifted 113 kg in the snatch, 147 kg in the clean and jerk, and 260 kg in the total, earning all of the available gold medals, setting new national records, and becoming the first Norwegian world champion in weightlifting.{{cite web|url=https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2022/12/Bogota-Results-Book.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241214183337/https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2022/12/Bogota-Results-Book.pdf |archive-date=14 December 2024 |title=2022 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book |date=16 December 2022 |work=International Weightlifting Federation |access-date=29 January 2025 }}{{Cite web |last=Strøm |first=Ole Kristian |last2=Tetlie |first2=Lisa Amdam |date=10 August 2024 |title=Solfrid Koanda med tårefylt jubel etter OL-gull: – Trengte en liten gudinne |url=https://www.vg.no/i/MnA1dB |trans-title=Solfrid Koanda with tearful jubilation after Olympic gold: – Needed a little goddess |access-date=29 January 2025 |work=Verdens Gang |language=no}} A month later, she was nominated again for Female Athlete of the Year at the Idrettsgallaen, where the title was given to Johaug.{{cite web|url=https://www.teamnor.no/idrettsgalla/nominerte-2023/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241004104250/https://www.teamnor.no/idrettsgalla/nominerte-2023/ |archive-date=4 October 2024 |title=Nominerte 2023 |trans-title=Nominees 2023 |lang=no |work=Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports |access-date=29 January 2025 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.agderposten.no/sport/i/8J5rqx/therese-johaug-kaaret-til-aarets-kvinnelige-utoever-paa-idrettsgallaen |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129230536/https://www.agderposten.no/sport/i/8J5rqx/therese-johaug-kaaret-til-aarets-kvinnelige-utoever-paa-idrettsgallaen |archive-date=29 January 2023 |title=Therese Johaug kåret til årets kvinnelige utøver på Idrettsgallaen |trans-title=Therese Johaug named female athlete of the year at the Sports Gala |lang=no |date=8 January 2023 |work=Agderposten }} Two months later, she won her second Kongepokal at the {{ill|2023 Norwegian Weightlifting Championships|no|NM i vektløfting 2023}} in Trondheim when she snatched 115 kg, clean and jerked 150 kg, and finished with a total of 265 kg, earning the gold medal and setting new national and Nordic records.{{cite web|url=https://vektlofting.no/nyheter/2023/solfrid-koanda-tok-egen-vm-rekord-under-norgesmesterskapet/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240714223810/https://vektlofting.no/nyheter/2023/solfrid-koanda-tok-egen-vm-rekord-under-norgesmesterskapet/ |archive-date=14 July 2024 |title=Solfrid Koanda tok nordisk- og norsk rekord under Norgesmesterskapet |trans-title=Solfrid Koanda set a Nordic and Norwegian record during the Norwegian Championships |lang=no |date=5 March 2023 |work={{ill|Norwegian Weightlifting Federation|no|Norges Vektløfterforbund}} }}
In April, Koanda was nominated as the Best Weightlifter of the Year by the European Weightlifting Federation, where she won the award.{{cite web|url=https://ewf.sport/weightlifter-of-the-year/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250129124954/https://ewf.sport/weightlifter-of-the-year/ |archive-date=29 January 2025 |access-date=29 January 2025 |title=Weightlifter of the Year - European Weightlifting Federation |work=European Weightlifting Federation }} Later that month, she retained her title in the women's 87 kg event at the 2023 European Championships held in Yerevan. She lifted 117 kg in the snatch, 155 kg in the clean and jerk, and 272 kg in the total for all available gold medals.{{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 |work=European Weightlifting Federation}} It was her last competition before cutting weight for the 2023 IWF Grand Prix I in Havana, Cuba, where she competed in the women's 81 kg event to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics. She snatched 116 kg, clean and jerked 150 kg, and finished with a total of 266 kg for the overall gold medal.{{cite web |date=23 April 2023 |url=https://iwf.sport/2023/04/23/yerevan-day-8-solfrid-koanda-wins-in-style-and-armenia-top-medals-table-at-european-championships/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241005181337/https://iwf.sport/2023/04/23/yerevan-day-8-solfrid-koanda-wins-in-style-and-armenia-top-medals-table-at-european-championships/ |archive-date=5 October 2024 |work=International Weightlifting Federation |title=Yerevan, Day 8: Solfrid Koanda wins in style and Armenia top medals table at European Championships |last1=Oliver |first1=Brian |agency=Inside The Games }}{{cite web |url=https://iwf.sport/2023/06/16/havana-day-9-norways-koanda-overcomes-cramp-to-win-a-classic-and-take-third-place-in-paris-rankings/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240722011323/https://iwf.sport/2023/06/16/havana-day-9-norways-koanda-overcomes-cramp-to-win-a-classic-and-take-third-place-in-paris-rankings/ |archive-date=22 July 2024 |work=International Weightlifting Federation |date=16 June 2023 |title=Havana, Day 9: Norway's Koanda overcomes cramp to win a classic and take third place in Paris rankings |last1=Oliver |first1=Brian |agency=Inside The Games }} She then went on to compete at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships in Riyadh to compete in the women's 87 kg event yet failed all of her lifts in the snatch and failed to register a total, yet won the gold medal in the clean and jerk with 156 kg.{{Cite web |date=15 September 2023 |title=Koanda med suverent VM-gull |trans-title=Koanda with superb World Championship gold|url=https://www.nrk.no/sport/koanda-med-suverent-vm-gull-1.16559600 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241210065725/https://www.nrk.no/sport/koanda-med-suverent-vm-gull-1.16559600 |archive-date=10 December 2024 |access-date=29 January 2025 |work=NRK |language=no}}
=2024–present=
Koanda opened up her 2024 season by competing at the 2024 European Weightlifting Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, in the women's 87 kg event. She snatched 120 kg, clean and jerked 160 kg, and finished with a total of 280 kg for the overall gold medal.{{Cite web |date=10 August 2024 |trans-title=Solfrid Koanda with tearful jubilation after Olympic gold: – Needed a little goddess |lang=no |title=Solfrid Koanda med tårefylt jubel etter OL-gull: – Trengte en liten gudinne |url=https://www.aftenposten.no/sport/i/93kKOd/solfrid-koanda-med-taarefylt-jubel-etter-ol-gull-trengte-en-liten-gudinne |access-date=11 August 2024 |work=Aftenposten}} A month after the competition, she won her third Kongepokal at the {{ill|2024 Norwegian Weightlifting Championships|no|NM i vektløfting 2024}}. She then went on to compete at the 2024 IWF World Cup in Phuket, Thailand, in the women's 87 kg event, where she snatched 123 kg in the snatch for a new national and Nordic record, 152 kg in the clean and jerk, and finished with a total of 275 kg to win the overall gold medal.{{cite web|url=https://iwf.sport/results/results-by-events/?event_id=599 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241209165213/https://iwf.sport/results/results-by-events/?event_id=599 |archive-date=9 December 2024 |access-date=29 January 2025 |title=2024 IWF World Cup Results |work=International Weightlifting Federation }}
At the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, she competed in the women's 81 kg event. She lifted 121 kg in the snatch, 154 kg in the clean and jerk, and finished with a total of 275 kg for the gold medal. She also set new Olympic records in clean and jerk and total, in addition to becoming the first Norwegian Olympic gold medalist in weightlifting since the 1972 Summer Olympics and the first Norwegian woman to win an individual Olympic gold medal at the Summer Games since the 2004 Summer Olympics.{{Cite web |date=10 August 2024 |title=Koanda wins Norway's first weightlifting medal since 1972 |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/articles/cm2ned6jjeko |access-date=29 January 2025 |work=BBC Sport |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241210075726/https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/articles/cm2ned6jjeko |archive-date=10 December 2024}} She was the Norwegian flag bearer at the 2024 Summer Olympics closing ceremony.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/olympics-flagbearer-paris-usa-teamgb-b2594760.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240811213613/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/olympics-flagbearer-paris-usa-teamgb-b2594760.html |archive-date=11 August 2024 |work=The Independent |title=Every Olympic flagbearer for Paris 2024 closing ceremony including Alex Yee and Katie Ledecky |last1=Braidwood |first1=James |url-status=live }} Following her win, she won Female Athlete of the Year at the 2025 ceremony of the Idrettsgaellen.{{cite web|url=https://ewf.sport/2025/01/08/solfrid-koanda-named-female-athlete-of-the-year-2024-in-norway/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250129142148/https://ewf.sport/2025/01/08/solfrid-koanda-named-female-athlete-of-the-year-2024-in-norway/ |archive-date=29 January 2025 |work=European Weightlifting Federation |title=Solfrid Koanda Named “Female Athlete of the Year 2024" in Norway |date=8 January 2025 |access-date=29 January 2025 }} She won her fourth Kongepokal in March 2025 after winning in her event at the 2025 Norwegian Weightlifting Championships in Bergen.
Personal life
Koanda possesses Finnish citizenship alongside her Norwegian citizenship.{{Cite web |url=https://www.iltalehti.fi/pariisin-olympialaiset-2024/a/db00bc63-cd16-4247-823d-f68be0557332 |title=Suomen kansalainen voitti olympiakultaa! |last=Korkki |first=Riku |date=10 August 2024 |website=Iltalehti |language=fi |access-date=10 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240914135316/https://www.iltalehti.fi/pariisin-olympialaiset-2024/a/db00bc63-cd16-4247-823d-f68be0557332 |archive-date=14 September 2024 }} She worked as an apprentice before receiving a degree in electrotechnology, where she then worked as an electrician before becoming a full-time athlete towards the end of 2022. She has been dating and living with Damian Zielinski, an electrician whom she met at school in 2016.{{cite web|url=https://www.agderposten.no/sport/i/JQ20X8/toeff-melding-til-samboeren-har-satt-forholdet-paa-proever |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231203101417/https://www.agderposten.no/sport/i/JQ20X8/toeff-melding-til-samboeren-har-satt-forholdet-paa-proever |archive-date=3 December 2023 |title=Satser alt mot OL: – Kjempevanskelig |trans-title=Bet everything on the Olympics: – Extremely difficult |lang=no |work=Agderposten |last1=Thorsen |first1=Thomas Skjeggedal |date=30 July 2023 }} She currently lives in Grimstad and represents Larvik Atletklubb at local competitions.
Achievements
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|+ Competition summary{{cite web|url=https://iwf.sport/weightlifting_/athletes-bios/?athlete=&id=17049|access-date=27 March 2025 |work=International Weightlifting Federation |title=Koanda Solfrid Eila Amena }} ! rowspan=2 width=40 | Year ! rowspan=2 width=250 | Venue ! rowspan=2 width=60 | Weight ! colspan=4 | Snatch (kg) ! colspan=4 | Clean & Jerk (kg) ! rowspan=2 width=65 | Total ! rowspan=2 width=40 | Rank | ||||||||||||
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| 2024 | align=left | Paris, France | 81 kg | 117 | 121 | {{n/a}} | 148 | 154 {{OlyR|weightlifting}} | {{n/a}} | 275 {{OlyR|weightlifting}} | {{gold1}} | ||
| colspan=13 | World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2021 | align=left | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 87 kg | 98 | 103 | 7 | 135 | 141 | {{gold1}} | 244 | {{bronze3}} | ||
| 2022 | align=left | Bogotá, Colombia | 87 kg | 108 | 110 | 113 | {{gold1}} | 143 | 147 | {{gold1}} | 260 | {{gold1}} | |
| 2023 | align=left| Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | |87 kg | — | 140 | 150 | 156 | {{gold1}} | — | — | |||
| colspan=13|IWF World Cup | ||||||||||||
| 2024 | align=left| Phuket, Thailand | 87 kg | 116 | 123 | {{gold1}} | 152 | {{gold1}} | 275 | {{gold1}} | |||
| colspan=13 | European Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2021 | align=left | Moscow, Russia | 87 kg | 95 | 100 | 8 | 125 | 130 | 135 | {{bronze3}} | 235 | 5 | |
| 2022 | align=left | Tirana, Albania | 87 kg | 103 | 107 | 109 | {{gold1}} | 133 | 138 | 143 | {{gold1}} | 252 | {{gold1}} |
| 2023 | align=left | Yerevan, Armenia | 87 kg | 110 | 117 | {{gold1}} | 145 | 153 | 155 | {{gold1}} | 272 | {{gold1}} | |
| 2024 | align=left | Sofia, Bulgaria | 87 kg | 114 | 120 | {{gold1}} | 148 | 155 | 160 | {{gold1}} | 280 | {{gold1}} | |
| 2025 | align=left | Chișinău, Moldova | 87 kg | 117 | 122 | {{gold1}} | 145 | — | — | {{gold1}} | 267 | {{gold1}} |
References
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