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.

Zhazira Zhapparkul
Zhapparkul on a 2016 stamp of Kazakhstan
Personal information
Native nameЖазира Әбдірахманқызы Жаппарқұл
NationalityKazakh
Born (1993-12-22) 22 December 1993
Arys, Kazakhstan
Height1.55 m (5 ft 1 in) (2016)
Weight69 kg (152 lb) (2016)
Sport
Country Kazakhstan
SportOlympic Weightlifting
Event(s)69 kg
Coached byAlexey Ni (national)
Vyacheslav Nyu
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • Snatch: 118 kg (2014)
  • Clean and jerk: 144 kg (2014)
  • Total: 262 kg (2014)
Updated on 10 August 2016.

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
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil69 kg11111511721401401442259
World Championships
2011 Paris, France69 kg10010710715121126128922813
2013 Wrocław, Poland69 kg981031051012312812882319
2014 Almaty, Kazakhstan69 kg113118118140144144262
2015 Houston, United States69 kg112116120140140147256
Asian Games
2014 Incheon, South Korea75 kg112118121314014514542634
Junior World Championships
2011 Penang, Malaysia69 kg100105109130130130---
2012 Guatemala, Guatemala69 kg102106108125130133239
2013 Lima, Peru69 kg100105110127135140240
Asian Junior Championships
2012 Yangoon, Myanmar69 kg1001061064121126132232
Youth Olympic Games
2010 Singapore, Singapore63 kg8787902107115-1205

See also

References

  1. International Weigthlifiting Federation: 2014 IWF World Championships Results, iwf.net. Retrieved 16 November 2014
  2. "RIO-2016: Kazakhstani weightlifter Zhazira Zhapparkul won Olympic silver medal". www.inform.kz. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  3. "Massimov congratulated Zhazira Zhapparkul on Olympic medal - Новости Казахстана". www.m.kazpravda.kz. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.


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