Rebeka Koha

Rebeka Salsabil Ibrahim (born Rebeka Koha; 19 May 1998) is a retired Latvian weightlifter, two time Junior World Champion and two time European Champion competing in the 58 kg division until 2018 and 59 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[1]

Rebeka Koha
Personal information
Nationality Latvia
Born (1998-05-19) 19 May 1998
Ventspils, Latvia
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight58.70 kg (129 lb)
Sport
Country Latvia
SportWeightlifting
Event(s)–59 kg
Coached byEduards Andruškevičs
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
Medal record
Representing  Latvia
World Championships
2017 Anaheim–58 kg
2018 Ashgabat–59 kg
European Championships
2018 Bucharest–58 kg
2019 Batumi–59 kg
2017 Split–58 kg
2016 Førde–53 kg
Youth Olympics
2014 Nanjing–48 kg

She was coached by Eduards Andruškevičs, who has also been coaching Olympic medalist Viktors Ščerbatihs and Artūrs Plēsnieks.[2]

Career

She currently has junior world records in the clean & jerk and total in the 59 kg division.[3][4]

Olympics

In 2016 she competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 53 kg division placing fourth overall.[5][6] She was named Latvian Rising Star of the Year in 2016 after her performance at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[7]

World Championships

In 2017 she competed at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships winning the bronze medal in the snatch and total.[8][9][10]

In 2018 the IWF restructured the weight classes, and Koha competed in the newly created 59 kg division. She followed up her bronze medal performance in 2017 with stronger performance at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships winning another bronze medal in the snatch and total and setting junior world records in the snatch, clean & jerk, and total.[11]

European Championships

In 2016 she competed at the 2016 European Weightlifting Championships winning a bronze medal in the total in the 53 kg category. The following year she competed at the 2017 European Weightlifting Championships winning a gold medal in the snatch, and silver medals in the clean & jerk and total in the 58 kg category.[12][13]

At the 2018 European Weightlifting Championships, Koha swept gold in all lifts (snatch, clean & jerk, and the total) and became European Champion in the 58 kg division.[14][15]

Other Competitions

She competed at the 2017 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, winning silver medals in the snatch and clean & jerk, but a gold medal in the total, becoming Junior World Champion in the 58 kg division.[16]

In 2018, coming off her Junior World Championships gold medal, she defended her title as the Junior World Champion by winning gold medals in all lifts at the 2018 Junior World Weightlifting Championships.[17]

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, Brazil53 kg878790310310711041974
World Championships
2014 Almaty, Kazakhstan53 kg767880169294962517422
2015 Houston, United States53 kg84868791011051071619210
2017 Anaheim, United States58 kg94981011141181215222
2018 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan59 kg981021031171211246227
2019 Pattaya, Thailand59 kg9295974112115118122158
European Championships
2016 Førde, Norway53 kg879092102105108198
2017 Split, Croatia58 kg929597110114118213
2018 Bucharest, Romania58 kg9095100110115120220
2019 Batumi, Georgia59 kg97101104116120125221
Junior World Weightlifting Championships
2017 Tokyo, Japan58 kg939699111117120219
2018 Tashkent, Uzbekistan58 kg9599103113117120219
2014 Youth Olympics
2014 Nanjing, China48 kg71737538690943165

Private life

In spring of 2020 Koha became engaged with the Qatari discus thrower Moaaz Mohamed Ibrahim and on July 26 announced via her Instagram account she had converted to Islam.[18] On August 5 she announced her retirement from sport.[19]

References
  1. PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 59 kg
  2. Medaļniece, rekordiste, skolniece Sporto.lv
  3. "2018 World Championships 59kg results". International Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  4. "Junior World Records Women". International Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  5. Olympic.org. "53 kg Women". Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  6. "Weightlifter Koha places fourth at Rio Olympics". The Baltic Course. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  7. "Porziņģis un Ikauniece-Admidiņa atzīti par Latvijas gada sportistiem". Delfi. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  8. "Rio Olympic Bronze Medallist defeated the reigning Olympic Champion". International Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  9. "Rebeka Koha wins bronze at World Weightlifting Championships". Public Broadcasting of Latvia. LETA. 1 December 2017. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  10. "Rebeka Koha wins bronze at World Weightlifting Championships". The Baltic Course. 1 December 2017. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  11. "World Records: KUO four and CHEN one". International Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  12. "Weightlifter wins silver at European Championships". Public Broadcasting of Latvia. LETA. 4 April 2017. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  13. "Koha wins gold at European Junior Weightlifting Championship". The Baltic Course. 18 October 2017. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  14. Galkins, Gundars (29 March 2018). "Latvia's Koha lifts gold at European Weightlifting Championships". Public Broadcasting of Latvia. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  15. "Latvia's Koha triumphs at European Weightlifting Championships". The Baltic Course. 29 March 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  16. "Latvia's Rebeka Koha becomes junior world champion in women's weightlifting". The Baltic Course. 19 June 2017. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  17. "The incredible one-woman show of KOHA". International Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  18. "Latvia's champion weightlifter announces conversion to Islam". Public Broadcasting of Latvia. July 28, 2020. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
  19. Glazunova, Ludmila (August 5, 2020). "Champion weightlifter Koha quits sports career". Public Broadcasting of Latvia. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
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