Zhazira Zhapparkul
Zhazira Zhapparkul (Kazakh: Жазира Әбдірахманқызы Жаппарқұл, Jaziyra Äbdirahmankızı Japparkul, born 22 December 1993 in Arys, Kazakhstan) is a Kazakh Olympian weightlifter who competes in the women's 69 kg weight category. She took silver medals at the 2014 and 2015 World Championships. She represented Kazakhstan at the 2016 Summer Olympics, she placed second, winning the silver medal.
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Native name | Жазира Әбдірахманқызы Жаппарқұл | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Kazakh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Arys, Kazakhstan | 22 December 1993||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in) (2016) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) (2016) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Kazakhstan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Olympic Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 69 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Alexey Ni (national) Vyacheslav Nyu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal life
Zhazira is the seventh child in her family. Since 2001, she started to practice weightlifting. She is now living and training in Shymkent.
Career
Zhazira won the gold medal in the Women's 63 kg weight class at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games in Singapore.
Zhazira achieved 118 kg in snatch and 144 kg in clean and jerk, winning a silver medal with a total of 262 kg, competing in the -69 kg class at the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships in front of her home crowd.[1]
In 2015, Zhapparkul moved to the 69 kg category. She won silver medal at the 2015 World Championships in Houston.
Zhapparkul competed at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics, where she captured a silver medal in the 69 kg event.[2][3]
Major results
Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
Olympic Games | ||||||||||||
2016 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 69 kg | 111 | 115 | 2 | 140 | 144 | 2 | 259 | |||
World Championships | ||||||||||||
2011 | Paris, France | 69 kg | 100 | 15 | 121 | 126 | 128 | 9 | 228 | 13 | ||
2013 | Wrocław, Poland | 69 kg | 98 | 103 | 10 | 123 | 128 | 8 | 231 | 9 | ||
2014 | Almaty, Kazakhstan | 69 kg | 113 | 118 | 140 | 144 | 262 | |||||
2015 | Houston, United States | 69 kg | 112 | 116 | 140 | 256 | ||||||
Asian Games | ||||||||||||
2014 | Incheon, South Korea | 75 kg | 112 | 118 | 3 | 140 | 145 | 4 | 263 | 4 | ||
Junior World Championships | ||||||||||||
2011 | Penang, Malaysia | 69 kg | 100 | 105 | 109 | - | - | - | ||||
2012 | Guatemala, Guatemala | 69 kg | 102 | 106 | 125 | 130 | 133 | 239 | ||||
2013 | Lima, Peru | 69 kg | 100 | 105 | 127 | 135 | 240 | |||||
Asian Junior Championships | ||||||||||||
2012 | Yangoon, Myanmar | 69 kg | 100 | 4 | 121 | 126 | 132 | 232 | ||||
Youth Olympic Games | ||||||||||||
2010 | Singapore, Singapore | 63 kg | 87 | 90 | 2 | 107 | 115 | - | 1 | 205 | ||
See also
References
- International Weigthlifiting Federation: 2014 IWF World Championships Results, iwf.net. Retrieved 16 November 2014
- "RIO-2016: Kazakhstani weightlifter Zhazira Zhapparkul won Olympic silver medal". www.inform.kz. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- "Massimov congratulated Zhazira Zhapparkul on Olympic medal - Новости Казахстана". www.m.kazpravda.kz. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.