Kristina Shermetova
Personal information
Native nameKristina Şermetowa
NationalityTurkmen
Born (1993-05-25) 25 May 1993
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
CountryTurkmenistan
SportWeightlifting
Event55 kg
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  Turkmenistan
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2017 Anaheim53 kg
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place2018 Jakarta53 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
Silver medal – second place2021 Konya55 kg
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
Bronze medal – third place2017 Ashgabat53 kg
Updated on 11 November 2018.

Kristina Shermetova (Turkmen: Kristina Şermetowa; born 25 May 1993 in Ashgabat) is a Turkmen weightlifter.[1] Her best results was a silver medal at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships in Anaheim.

Biography

She was born on 25 May 1993, in Turkmenistan capital city Ashgabat. Since childhood, she has been engaged in sports dancing. She started weightlifting in 2007 because of a friend of her father was opened a weightlifting school for girls in Ashgabat.

The first coach is Armen Stepanyan.

Career

Kristina Şermetowa at the 2020 Summer Olympics (first on the right)

The first international success in her career was the bronze medal of the 2009 Asian Youth Weightlifting Championship in the category up to 48 kg.

Due to injuries, she missed 2015 and 2016 seasons.

2017 turned out to be successful for Kristina Shermetova. The athlete became the third at the 2017 Asian Weightlifting Championships in the category up to 53 kg, and at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships in Anaheim she won silver.

In July 2021, she represented Turkmenistan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She finished in 6th place in the women's 55 kg event.[2][3]

Major results

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Representing  Turkmenistan
Olympic Games
2021Japan Tokyo, Japan55 kg909393511111511752056
World Championships
2019Thailand Pattaya, Thailand55 kg838386141071101101219611
2018Turkmenistan Ashgabat, Turkmenistan55 kg909395911311712072108
2017United States Anaheim, United States53 kg8891913rd place, bronze medalist(s)1091111133rd place, bronze medalist(s)2042nd place, silver medalist(s)
Asian Games
2018Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia53 kg889193111011311632062nd place, silver medalist(s)
Asian Championships
2022Bahrain Manama, Bahrain55 kg8283836104105107———
2021Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan55 kg889090611011311371987
2019China Ningbo, China55 kg6368721298104—61728
2017Turkmenistan Ashgabat, Turkmenistan53 kg78818151001041063rd place, bronze medalist(s)1823rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2012South Korea Pyeongtaek, South Korea58 kg77818389510010081838
Islamic Solidarity Games
2022Turkey Konya, Turkey55 kg8587891st place, gold medalist(s)1031051112nd place, silver medalist(s)1942nd place, silver medalist(s)

References

  1. ↑ "Kristina Şermetowa". IWF.net. Archived from the original on 21 August 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  2. ↑ "Шерметова заняла шестое место на Олимпиаде в соревнованиях по тяжёлой атлетике". Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "Women's 55 kg Results" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.


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