Nina Sterckx

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Nina Sterckx
Personal information
Born (2002-07-26) 26 July 2002 (age 19)
Sport
CountryBelgium
SportWeightlifting
Coached byTom Goegebuer[1]
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Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  Belgium
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Moscow 55 kg
Junior World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2021 Tashkent 55 kg
European Junior & U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Bucharest 49 kg

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

In 2019, she won the gold medal in the women's junior 49 kg event at the 2019 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships in Bucharest, Romania.[2] She also won the silver medal in the women's 55 kg event at the 2021 Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Career[]

She 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.

She competed in the women's 55 kg event at the World Weightlifting Championships both in 2018 and 2019. In 2018, she also competed in the women's 53 kg event at the 2018 European Weightlifting Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.[4] In 2019, she finished in 8th place at the 2019 European Weightlifting Championships held in Batumi, Georgia.[5]

In April 2021, she won the bronze medal in the women's 55 kg event at the 2021 European Weightlifting Championships held in Moscow, Russia.[6][7] In May 2021, she won the silver medal in her event at the 2021 Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[8][9][10]

In July 2021, she represented Belgium at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[9][11] 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.[12][13] She finished in 5th place in the women's 49 kg event.[14][15][16] 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.[16][17]

Major results[]

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Summer Olympics
2021 Japan Tokyo, Japan 49 kg 81 81 84 99 101 101 180 5
World Championships
2018 Turkmenistan Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 55 kg 75 78 81 23 94 98 101 25 182 24
2019 Thailand Pattaya, Thailand 55 kg 80 83 85 15 99 102 102 21 187 18
European Championships
2018 Romania Bucharest, Romania 53 kg 70 73 75 12 88 91 94 10 164 12
2019 Georgia (country) Batumi, Georgia 55 kg 77 80 82 6 96 100 101 8 183 8
2021 Russia Moscow, Russia 55 kg 87 87 88 5 103 108 109 4 197 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

References[]

  1. ^ "Nina Sterckx". Team Belgium (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Results Book" (PDF). 2019 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 May 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Results Book" (PDF). 2021 European Weightlifting Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  4. ^ "2018 European Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). European Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 September 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Gewichthefster Nina Sterckx: "Ik mik op een top 8-plaats op EK"". Sporza.be (in Dutch). 31 March 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Nina Sterckx mag bronzen medaille in de lucht steken op EK". Sporza.be (in Dutch). 4 April 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  7. ^ Pavitt, Michael (4 April 2021). "Rusev triumphs on second day of European Weightlifting Championships in Moscow". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  8. ^ Oliver, Brian (25 May 2021). "Weightlifting world record for Ukraine's Konotop - but no guarantee of Olympic place". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b "Gewichtheftalent Nina Sterckx (18) mag haar koffer voor Tokio pakken". Sporza.be (in Dutch). 28 May 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  10. ^ "2021 Junior World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  11. ^ "BOIC breidt selectie van Team Belgium voor Olympische Spelen verder uit". Nieuwsblad.be (in Dutch). 24 June 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  12. ^ Beauclercq, Guy (28 May 2021). "Haltérophilie : Nina Sterckx à Tokyo ? Un vrai miracle !". DH Les Sports (in French). Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ Thijs, Kristophe (30 May 2021). "Nina Sterckx (18) mag haar koffers voor Tokio pakken: "Olympische droom komt drie jaar vroeger dan gehoopt uit"". HLN (in Dutch). Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  15. ^ Oliver, Brian (24 July 2021). "Gold for China and disappointment for United States in first weightlifting event of Tokyo 2020". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  16. ^ Jump up to: a b "Women's 49 kg Results" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  17. ^ "Gewichthefster Nina Sterckx eindigt met BR knap als 5e bij -49 kg en laat tranen de vrije loop". HLN (in Dutch). 24 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.

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