Mihaela Cambei

Mihaela Valentina Cambei (born 18 November 2002)[1] is a Romanian weightlifter. She won the gold medal in the women's 49 kg event at the 2023 European Weightlifting Championships held in Yerevan, Armenia.[2]

Mihaela Cambei
Mihaela Cambei in 2018
Personal information
Full nameMihaela Valentina Cambei
Born (2002-11-18) 18 November 2002
Sport
CountryRomania
SportWeightlifting
Weight class49 kg
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  Romania
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Yerevan 49 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Moscow 49 kg
Summer Youth Olympics
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Buenos Aires 48 kg
Junior World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2021 Tashkent 49 kg
Youth World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Las Vegas 49 kg
European Youth Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Pristina 48 kg
Gold medal – first place 2018 San Donato Milanese 48 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Eilat 49 kg

Career

In 2018, Cambei won the bronze medal in the 48 kg event at the Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[3][4][5]

At the 2019 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships held in Bucharest, Romania, she won the silver medal in the women's junior 49 kg event in the Snatch, Clean & Jerk and Total.[6] In 2021, Cambei won the bronze medal in the women's 49 kg event at the 2021 European Weightlifting Championships held in Moscow, Russia.[7] She also won the silver medal in her event at the Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[8]

Cambei won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships held in Durrës, Albania.[9]

Cambei won the silver medal in the women's 49 kg Snatch event at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.[10][11] She won the gold medal in the women's 49 kg event at the 2023 European Weightlifting Championships held in Yerevan, Armenia.[2][12] She also won the gold medals in the Snatch and Clean & Jerk events.[12] Cambei won the bronze medal in the women's 49 kg Snatch event at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.[13]

Achievements
Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
World Championships
2022Colombia Bogotá, Colombia49 kg8689902nd place, silver medalist(s)10410710881944
2023Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia49 kg9094943rd place, bronze medalist(s)10510810891955
European Championships
2021Russia Moscow, Russia49 kg8084844961001022nd place, silver medalist(s)1803rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2023Armenia Yerevan, Armenia49 kg8590921st place, gold medalist(s)1001031061st place, gold medalist(s)1981st place, gold medalist(s)

References
  1. "2022 World Weightlifting Championships Start Book" (PDF). IWF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 December 2022. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  2. Oliver, Brian (15 April 2023). "First ever medal for Ireland and records for Romania at European Weightlifting Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  3. "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 May 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  4. "2018 Buenos Aires Results". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  5. "Mexican lifter Hernandez worth her weight in gold". Olympic News. 9 October 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  6. "Results Book" (PDF). 2019 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 May 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  7. "Results Book" (PDF). 2021 European Weightlifting Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  8. "2021 Junior World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  9. "2022 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). European Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  10. Oliver, Brian (6 December 2022). "Gold for China and Chanu recovery lights up weightlifting World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  11. "2022 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). IWF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  12. "2023 European Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). EWF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 April 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  13. "2023 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 September 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
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