Kristina Şermetowa

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.

Kristina Shermetova
Personal information
Native nameKristina Şermetowa
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
2017 Anaheim53 kg
Asian Games
2018 Jakarta53 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
2021 Konya55 kg
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
2017 Ashgabat53 kg
Updated on 11 November 2018

Biography

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

The first coach is Armen Stepanyan.

Career

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
2021 Tokyo, Japan55 kg909393511111511752056
World Championships
2019 Pattaya, Thailand55 kg838386141071101101219611
2018 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan55 kg909395911311712072108
2017 Anaheim, United States53 kg889191109111113204
Asian Games
2018 Jakarta, Indonesia53 kg88919311101131163206
Asian Championships
2022 Manama, Bahrain55 kg8283836104105107———
2021 Tashkent, Uzbekistan55 kg889090611011311371987
2019 Ningbo, China55 kg6368721298104—61728
2017 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan53 kg7881815100104106182
2012 Pyeongtaek, South Korea58 kg77818389510010081838
Islamic Solidarity Games
2022 Konya, Turkey55 kg858789103105111194

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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