Kamila Konotop

Kamila Konotop (Ukrainian: Каміла Конотоп, born 23 March 2001, Kharkiv)^[1] is a Ukrainian weightlifter. She won the silver medal in the women's 59 kg event at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.^[2][3] She is a four-time medalist, including three gold medals, at the European Weightlifting Championships.^[4] In 2021, Konotop represented Ukraine at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

Kamila Konotop

Konotop at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Native name	Каміла Конотоп
Born	(2001-03-23) 23 March 2001 (age 23) Kharkiv, Ukraine
Sport
Country	Ukraine
Sport	Weightlifting
Weight class	55 kg, 59 kg
Medal record Women's weightlifting Representing  Ukraine World Championships 2023 Riyadh 59 kg European Championships 2021 Moscow 55 kg 2023 Yerevan 59 kg 2024 Sofia 59 kg 2022 Tirana 55 kg Junior World Championships 2021 Tashkent 55 kg Qatar Cup 2019 Doha 55 kg IWF World Cup 2020 Rome 55 kg

Career

Konotop is from Kharkiv.^[5] In 2016, at the European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships held in Eilat, Israel, she won the bronze medal in the women's 53 kg event.^[6] The following year, at the 2017 Youth World Weightlifting Championships in Bangkok, Thailand, she also won the bronze medal in the women's 53 kg event.^[7][8] In 2018, she won the silver medal in the women's junior 53 kg event at the European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships in Zamość, Poland. Konotop also competed in the women's 55 kg event at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan without winning a medal.^[9]

In 2019, Konotop competed in the women's 55 kg event at the World Weightlifting Championships held in Pattaya, Thailand.^[10] In that same year, she won the gold medal in the women's junior 55 kg event at the European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships in Bucharest, Romania.^[11] At the 6th International Qatar Cup in Doha, Qatar, she won the silver medal in the women's 55 kg event.^[12][13]

Konotop won the silver medal in the women's 55 kg event at the Roma 2020 World Cup in Rome, Italy.^[1][14] In April 2021, she secured the gold medal in her event at the European Weightlifting Championships held in Moscow, Russia.^[15][16] In May 2021, Konotop also won the gold medal in her event at the Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.^[16][17] She also set a new junior world record of 212 kg.^[16]

In July 2021, Konotop represented Ukraine at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She finished in 5th place in the women's 55 kg event with a total result of 206 kg.^[18][19] At the 2021 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships in Rovaniemi, Finland, she won the gold medal in her event with a total result of 209 kg.^[20][21]

Konotop won the silver medal in her event at the 2022 European Weightlifting Championships held in Tirana, Albania.^[22][23] She won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships held in Durrës, Albania.^[24] In that same year, she won the bronze medal in the women's 59 kg Snatch event at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.^[25][26]

Konotop won the gold medal in the women's 59 kg event at the 2023 European Weightlifting Championships held in Yerevan, Armenia.^[27][28] She also won the gold medals in the Snatch and Clean & Jerk events.^[28] She set European records in the Snatch, Clean & Jerk and Total events, with respectively results of 106 kg, 129 kg and 235 kg.^[28] In September 2023, she won the silver medal in the women's 59 kg event at the World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.^[2][3]

In 2024, she won the gold medal in her event at the European Weightlifting Championships held in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Achievements

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
Summer Olympics
2021	Tokyo, Japan	55 kg	91	94	96	4	106	110	112	7	206	5
World Championships
2018	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	55 kg	78	81	81	24	92	94	96	33	177	27
2019	Pattaya, Thailand	55 kg	83	86	88	12	100	104	106	18	192	16
2022	Bogotá, Colombia	59 kg	98	101	102		116	119	121	8	223	6
2023	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	59 kg	103	106	106		126	130	135		236
European Championships
2022	Tirana, Albania	55 kg	90	90	94		107	111	113		207
2023	Yerevan, Armenia	59 kg	100	104	106		120	125	129		235
2024	Sofia, Bulgaria	59 kg	102	105	108		121	125	––		230
World Cup
2020	Rome, Italy	55 kg	88	90	90		103	103	106	5	196

References

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