Romela Begaj
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Romela Aleksandër Begaj (born 2 November 1986) is an Albanian weightlifter.[1] On 11 November 2014 in Almaty she became world champion in the Snatch style for the category up to 63 kg.[2] Previously Begaj represented Albania at the 2008 European Weightlifting Championships where she took home the silver medal.[3] She also represented Albania at 2008 Olympic Games in China where she finished 6th in the under 58 kg category.[4]
In the 2011 World Weightlifting Championships she got bronze medal in snatch.
Begaj, 28, became the first Albanian woman to win a World Championship gold medal by lifting 113 kg in the snatch. However, Begaj failed an anti-doping test for this event and her results were expunged.[5]
In January 2019, International Weightlifting Federation banned her for eight years for the doping violation.[6]
2008 Olympic Games in Beijing
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
| Romela Begaj | -58 kg | 98 | 4th | 118 | 7th | 216 | 6th |
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- 1986 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Tirana
- Albanian female weightlifters
- Weightlifters at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Weightlifters at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic weightlifters for Albania
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Albania
- Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Albania
- Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Albania
- Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games
- Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games
- Weightlifters at the 2013 Mediterranean Games
- World Weightlifting Championships medalists
- Mediterranean Games medalists in weightlifting
- European Weightlifting Championships medalists