Mihaela Cambei

Mihaela Cambei
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Cambei at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Personal information
Full nameMihaela Valentina Cambei
Born (2002-11-18) 18 November 2002
Dofteana, Romania
Sport
CountryRomania
SportWeightlifting
Weight class49 kg
Coached byValeriu Calancea
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  Romania
Olympic Games
2024 Paris –49 kg
European Championships
2023 Yerevan 49 kg
2024 Sofia 49 kg
2025 Chișinău 49 kg
2021 Moscow 49 kg
Summer Youth Olympics
2018 Buenos Aires 48 kg
Junior World Championships
2021 Tashkent 49 kg
Youth World Championships
2019 Las Vegas 49 kg
European Youth Championships
2017 Pristina 48 kg
2018 San Donato Milanese 48 kg
2019 Eilat 49 kg

Mihaela Valentina Cambei (born 18 November 2002)[1] is a Romanian weightlifter. She won the silver medal in the women's 49 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France. In 2023, she won the gold medal in the women's 49 kg event at the European Weightlifting Championships held in Yerevan, Armenia.[2] 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 kg event at the Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[3][4][5]

At the 2019 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships held in Bucharest, Romania, she won the silver medal in the women's junior 49 kg event in the Snatch, Clean & Jerk and Total.[6] In 2021, Cambei won the bronze medal in the women's 49 kg event at the European Weightlifting Championships held in Moscow, Russia.[7] She also won the silver medal in her event at the Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[8]

Cambei won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships held in Durrës, Albania.[9]

Cambei won the silver medal in the women's 49 kg Snatch event at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.[10][11] She won the gold medal in the women's 49 kg event at the 2023 European Weightlifting Championships held in Yerevan, Armenia.[2][12] She also won the gold medals in the Snatch and Clean & Jerk events.[12] Cambei won the bronze medal in the women's 49 kg Snatch event at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.[13]

In August 2024, Cambei competed in the women's 49 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.[14] She lifted 93 kg in the Snatch placing first provisionally.[14] 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.[14]

Achievements

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2024 Paris, France 49 kg 89 91 93 — 106 110 112 — 205
World Championships
2022 Bogotá, Colombia 49 kg 86 89 90 104 107 108 8 194 4
2023 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 49 kg 90 94 94 105 108 108 9 195 5
IWF World Cup
2024 Phuket, Thailand 55 kg 88 91 93 103 108 110 201
European Championships
2021 Moscow, Russia 49 kg 80 84 84 4 96 100 102 180
2023 Yerevan, Armenia 49 kg 85 90 92 100 103 106 198
2024 Sofia, Bulgaria 49 kg 85 90 93 100 105 109 199
2025 Chișinău, Moldova 49 kg 85 85 85 97 100 105 190

References

  1. ^ "2022 World Weightlifting Championships Start Book" (PDF). IWF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 December 2022. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  2. ^ a b Oliver, Brian (15 April 2023). "First ever medal for Ireland and records for Romania at European Weightlifting Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 May 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  4. ^ "2018 Buenos Aires Results". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Mexican lifter Hernandez worth her weight in gold". Olympic News. 9 October 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Results Book" (PDF). 2019 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 May 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Results Book" (PDF). 2021 European Weightlifting Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  8. ^ "2021 Junior World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  9. ^ "2022 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). European Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  10. ^ Oliver, Brian (6 December 2022). "Gold for China and Chanu recovery lights up weightlifting World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  11. ^ "2022 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). IWF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  12. ^ a b "2023 European Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). EWF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 April 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  13. ^ "2023 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 September 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  14. ^ a b c "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
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