Nina Sterckx

Nina Sterckx (born 26 July 2002)[2] is a Belgian weightlifter. She is a three-time medalist at the European Weightlifting Championships[3] and achieved 5th place representing Belgium at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

Nina Sterckx
Personal information
Born (2002-07-26) 26 July 2002
Sport
CountryBelgium
SportWeightlifting
Weight class
  • 49 kg
  • 55 kg
  • 59 kg
Coached byTom Goegebuer[1]
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  Belgium
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Yerevan 59 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Moscow 55 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Tirana 55 kg
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Heraklion 55 kg
Silver medal – second place 2021 Tashkent 55 kg
European Junior & U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Bucharest 49 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Durrës 55 kg

In 2019, Sterckx won the gold medal in the women's junior 49 kg event at the European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships in Bucharest, Romania.[2] She also won the gold medal in the women's 55 kg event at the 2022 Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Heraklion, Greece.[4]

Career

Sterckx won the silver medal in the under-15 girls 48 kg event at the 2017 European Youth Weightlifting Championships held in Pristina, Kosovo. She won the bronze medal in the under-17 girls 53 kg event at the 2018 European Youth Weightlifting Championships held in San Donato Milanese, Italy.

Both in 2018 and 2019, Sterckx competed in the women's 55 kg event at the World Weightlifting Championships. In 2018, she also competed in the women's 53 kg event at the European Weightlifting Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.[5] In 2019, she finished in 8th place at the European Weightlifting Championships held in Batumi, Georgia.[6]

In April 2021, Sterckx won the bronze medal in the women's 55 kg event at the European Weightlifting Championships held in Moscow, Russia.[7][8] In May 2021, she won the silver medal in her event at the Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[9][10][11]

She won the silver medal in the women's 55 kg event at the 2021 Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. In July 2021, Sterckx represented Belgium at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[10][12] Her goal was to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France but her result at the Junior World Weightlifting Championships, limits on the number of athletes per NOC and doping violations of other countries meant that she ranked 8th in the 49 kg weight class, allowing her to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[13][14] Sterckx finished in 5th place in the women's 49 kg event.[15][16][17] She lifted 81 kg in the Snatch, 99 kg in the Clean & Jerk and she set a new Belgian record of 180 kg in total.[17][18]

Sterckx won the gold medal in the women's 55 kg event at the 2022 Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Heraklion, Greece.[19][20] It was the first time a weightlifter representing Belgium became junior world champion.[4] She won the bronze medal in her event at the 2022 European Weightlifting Championships held in Tirana, Albania.[21][22] She also won the bronze medals in the Snatch and Clean & Jerk events with lifts of 94 kg and 111 kg respectively.[23]

Sterckx won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships held in Durrës, Albania.[24][25] She also set new junior world records in the Clean & Jerk (118 kg) and in total (213 kg).[24][26] In preparation for the 2024 Summer Olympics, which only features the women's 49 kg and 59 kg weight classes, she decided to move down from the 55 kg to the 49 kg weight class in this competition.[27][28] Sterckx finished in 6th place in the women's 49 kg event at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.[27][29]

Sterckx won the silver medal in the women's 59 kg event at the 2023 European Weightlifting Championships held in Yerevan, Armenia.[30][31] She also won the silver medals in the Snatch and Clean & Jerk events.[32] As of April 2023, she is planning to decide whether she'll compete in the 49 kg or 59 kg weight class at the 2024 Summer Olympics after the Olympic qualification period is over.[33][34] She competed in the women's 59 kg event at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.[35]

Achievements
Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Summer Olympics
2021Japan Tokyo, Japan49 kg818184—99101101—1805
World Championships
2018Turkmenistan Ashgabat, Turkmenistan55 kg7578812394981012518224
2019Thailand Pattaya, Thailand55 kg80838515991021022118718
2022Colombia Bogotá, Colombia49 kg858889410410910971936
2023Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia59 kg9597998117121123122209
European Championships
2018Romania Bucharest, Romania53 kg707375128891941016412
2019Georgia (country) Batumi, Georgia55 kg77808269610010181838
2021Russia Moscow, Russia55 kg878788510310810941973rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2022Albania Tirana, Albania55 kg9093943rd place, bronze medalist(s)1091091113rd place, bronze medalist(s)2053rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2023Armenia Yerevan, Armenia59 kg9396972nd place, silver medalist(s)1131161202nd place, silver medalist(s)2092nd place, silver medalist(s)

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