Zhazira Zhapparkul

Zhazira Zhapparkul
Zhapparkul on a 2016 stamp of Kazakhstan
Personal information
Native nameЖазира Әбдірахманқызы Жаппарқұл
Full nameZhazira Abdrakhmanovna Zhapparkul
NationalityKazakh
Born (1993-12-22) 22 December 1993
Arys, Kazakhstan
Height1.55 m (5 ft 1 in) (2016)
Weight69 kg (152 lb) (2016)
Sport
Country Kazakhstan
SportOlympic Weightlifting
Event69 kg
Coached byAlexey Ni (national)
Vyacheslav Nyu
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • Snatch: 118 kg (2014)
  • Clean and jerk: 144 kg (2014)
  • Total: 262 kg (2014)
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing Kazakhstan
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 1 0
World Championships 0 2 0
Junior World Championships 1 1 0
Youth Olympic Games 1 0 0
Total 2 4 0
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro –69 kg
World Championships
2014 Almaty –69 kg
2015 Houston –69 kg
Junior World Championships
2012 Guatemala –69 kg
2013 Lima –69 kg
Youth Olympic Games
2010 Singapore –63 kg
Updated on 10 August 2016

Zhazira Abdrakhmanovna Zhapparkul (Kazakh: Жазира Әбдірахманқызы Жаппарқұл, romanized: Jazira Äbdırahmanqyzy Japparqūl, born 22 December 1993 in Arys) is a Kazakh Olympian weightlifter who competes in the women's 69 kg weight category. She took silver medals at the 2014 and 2015 World Championships. She represented Kazakhstan at the 2016 Summer Olympics, she placed second, winning the silver medal.

Personal life

Zhazira is the seventh child in her family. Since 2001, she started to practice weightlifting. She is now living and training in Shymkent.

Career

Zhazira won the gold medal in the Women's 63 kg weight class at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games in Singapore.

Zhazira achieved 118 kg in snatch and 144 kg in clean and jerk, winning a silver medal with a total of 262 kg, competing in the -69 kg class at the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships in front of her home crowd.[1]

In 2015, Zhapparkul moved to the 69 kg category. She won silver medal at the 2015 World Championships in Houston.

Zhapparkul competed at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics, where she captured a silver medal in the 69 kg event.[2][3]

Major results

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 69 kg 111 115 117 2 140 140 144 2 259
World Championships
2011 Paris, France 69 kg 100 107 107 15 121 126 128 9 228 13
2013 Wrocław, Poland 69 kg 98 103 105 10 123 128 128 8 231 9
2014 Almaty, Kazakhstan 69 kg 113 118 118 140 144 144 262
2015 Houston, United States 69 kg 112 116 120 140 140 147 256
Asian Games
2014 Incheon, South Korea 75 kg 112 118 121 3 140 145 145 4 263 4
Junior World Championships
2011 Penang, Malaysia 69 kg 100 105 109 130 130 130 - - -
2012 Guatemala, Guatemala 69 kg 102 106 108 125 130 133 239
2013 Lima, Peru 69 kg 100 105 110 127 135 140 240
Asian Junior Championships
2012 Yangoon, Myanmar 69 kg 100 106 106 4 121 126 132 232
Youth Olympic Games
2010 Singapore, Singapore 63 kg 87 87 90 2 107 115 - 1 205

See also

References

  1. ^ "2014 IWF World Championships Results". IWF.net. International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 21 September 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  2. ^ "RIO-2016: Kazakhstani weightlifter Zhazira Zhapparkul won Olympic silver medal". inform.kz. 11 August 2016. Archived from the original on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Massimov congratulated Zhazira Zhapparkul on Olympic medal - Новости Казахстана". www.m.kazpravda.kz. 11 August 2016. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
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