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 | 
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| World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2022 |  Bogotá, Colombia |
49 kg | 86 | 90 | |
104 | 8 | 194 | 4 | |||
| 2023 |  Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
49 kg | 90 |  |
105 | 9 | 195 | 5 | ||||
| IWF World Cup | ||||||||||||
| 2024 |  Phuket, Thailand |
55 kg | 88 | 91 | |
103 | 108 | 110 | |
201 |
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| European Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2021 |  Moscow, Russia |
49 kg | 80 | 4 | 96 | 100 | |
180 |
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| 2023 |  Yerevan, Armenia |
49 kg | 85 | 90 | 92 |  |
100 | 103 | 106 | |
198 |
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| 2024 |  Sofia, Bulgaria |
49 kg | 85 | 90 | |
100 | 105 | 109 | |
199 |
| |
References
- ^ "2022 World Weightlifting Championships Start Book" (PDF). IWF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 December 2022. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 May 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
- ^ "2018 Buenos Aires Results". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
- ^ "Mexican lifter Hernandez worth her weight in gold". Olympic News. 9 October 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
- ^ "Results Book" (PDF). 2019 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 May 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
- ^ "Results Book" (PDF). 2021 European Weightlifting Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
- ^ "2021 Junior World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Oliver, Brian (6 December 2022). "Gold for China and Chanu recovery lights up weightlifting World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
- ^ "2022 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). IWF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
- ^ a b "2023 European Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). EWF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 April 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
- ^ "2023 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 September 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
- ^ a b c "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
External links
- Mihaela Cambei at the International Weightlifting Federation
- Mihaela Cambei at the International Weightlifting Results Project
- Mihaela Cambei at IAT Database Weightlifting (in German)
- Mihaela Cambei at Olympics.com
- Mihaela Cambei at the Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee (archived) (in Romanian)
