Anna Van Bellinghen

Anna Van Bellinghen, sometimes written as Anna Vanbellinghen (born 10 March 1994)[1] is a Belgian weightlifter. She is a silver medalist at the European Weightlifting Championships. She also represented Belgium at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[2][3]

Anna Van Bellinghen
Personal information
Born (1994-03-10) 10 March 1994
Sport
CountryBelgium
SportWeightlifting
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  Belgium
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Batumi 81 kg
IWF World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Rome 81 kg
European Junior & U23 Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Durrës 90 kg (U23)

Career

Van Bellinghen represented Belgium at the 2013 Summer Universiade held in Kazan, Russia and she finished in 12th place in the women's 75 kg event.[4] In 2015, she won the bronze medal in the Clean & Jerk in the women's under-23 +75 kg event at the European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships held in Klaipeda, Lithuania. In that year, she also competed in the women's +75 kg event at the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships held in Houston, United States.[5]

In 2017, Van Bellinghen represented Belgium at the Summer Universiade held in Taipei, Taiwan in the women's 90 kg event.[6] She finished in 5th place.[6] A few months later, she won the bronze medal in the women's under-23 90 kg event at the 2017 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships held in Durrës, Albania.[7] In that same year, she also competed in the women's 90 kg event at both the 2017 European Weightlifting Championships held in Split, Croatia and the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships held in Anaheim, United States.[8]

Van Bellinghen competed in the women's 90 kg event at the 2018 European Weightlifting Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.[9] A few months later, she won the gold medal in the women's 90 kg event at the FISU World University Weightlifting Championships held in Biała Podlaska, Poland.[10] She also competed in the women's 81 kg event at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.[11]

At the 2019 European Weightlifting Championships held in Batumi, Georgia, she won the bronze medal in the women's 81 kg event.[12][13] This became the silver medal after disqualification of the original gold medalist Eleni Konstantinidi of Greece.[14][15] She also won the gold medal in the Snatch event and, as a result of the disqualification, the bronze medal in the Clean & Jerk.[13] At the British International Open 2019 held in Coventry, Great Britain, she won the bronze medal in the women's 87 kg event.[16] In that same year, she also competed in the women's 81 kg event at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships held in Pattaya, Thailand without winning a medal.[17] In this competition, she lifted 99 kg in the Snatch event but failed to register a successful result in the Clean & Jerk.[18]

In 2020, she won the bronze medal in the women's 81 kg event at the Roma 2020 World Cup in Rome, Italy.[1] She also won the bronze medals in the Snatch and Clean & Jerk events.[1] In 2021, she finished in 7th place in the women's +87 kg event at the European Weightlifting Championships held in Moscow, Russia.[19]

Van Bellinghen represented Belgium at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[3][20] She finished in 11th place in the women's +87 kg event.[21] In December 2021, she finished in 7th place in the women's 81 kg event at the World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[22][23]

Achievements
Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Summer Olympics
2021Japan Tokyo, Japan+87 kg96100100—115119123—21911
World Championships
2015United States Houston, United States+75 kg98100100271231261292522926
2017United States Anaheim, United States90 kg9710110191171211241022210
2018Turkmenistan Ashgabat, Turkmenistan81 kg98 98102 111171201221122012
2019Thailand Pattaya, Thailand81 kg9910210213117118118———
2021Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan81 kg97100102711612012372227
European Championships
2017Croatia Split, Croatia90 kg102106107412212712932294
2018Romania Bucharest, Romania90 kg971001022nd place, silver medalist(s)11712212542244
2019Georgia (country) Batumi, Georgia81 kg981011031st place, gold medalist(s)1181211213rd place, bronze medalist(s)2212nd place, silver medalist(s)
2021Russia Moscow, Russia+87 kg909094710711111492087
World Cup
2020Italy Rome, Italy81 kg1001031053rd place, bronze medalist(s)1171221223rd place, bronze medalist(s)2273rd place, bronze medalist(s)

References
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  2. "Naast Nina Sterckx heeft België met Anna Van Bellinghen nog een gewichthefster in Tokio". Sporza.be (in Dutch). 14 June 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  3. "BOIC breidt selectie van Team Belgium voor Olympische Spelen verder uit". Nieuwsblad.be (in Dutch). 24 June 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  4. "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2013 Summer Universiade. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 September 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  5. "2015 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 May 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  6. "Women's 90 kg" (PDF). 2017 Summer Universiade. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 May 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  7. "Results Book" (PDF). 2017 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 May 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  8. "2017 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). lsaf.lt. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 June 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
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  11. "2018 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 November 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  12. Oliver, Brian (12 April 2019). "Belarus overtake Russia and Romania in European Weightlifting Championships medals table". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
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  14. Oliver, Brian (31 March 2020). "China's weightlifters power on towards Olympic glory". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
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  16. "Results Book" (PDF). British International Open 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 February 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  17. "2019 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  18. "2019 World Weightlifting Championships". IWF. Archived from the original on 25 May 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  19. "Results Book" (PDF). 2021 European Weightlifting Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  20. Oliver, Brian (12 June 2021). "China's weightlifting world record holders Deng Wei and Tian Tao out of Tokyo 2020". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  21. "Women's +87 kg Results" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  22. "Anna Van Bellinghen sluit WK gewichtheffen af met 7e plaats". Sporza.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  23. "2021 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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