Romela Begaj

Romela Begaj

Personal information
Born	November 2, 1986 Tirana
Height	1.6 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Country	Albania
Sport	Weightlifting
Event(s)	63kg
Coached by	Gazmend Haksan
Achievements and titles
World finals	1
Highest world ranking	1
Medal record Women's Weightlifting Representing  Albania European Weightlifting Championships 2008 Lignano Sabbiadoro 58 kg 2010 Minsk 58 kg 2012 Antalya 58 kg 2009 Bucharest 58 kg 2013 Tirana 58 kg Mediterranean Games 2009 Pescara 58 kg 2013 Mersin 63 kg Snatch 2005 Almería 58 kg 2013 Mersin 63 kg Clean&Jerk
Updated on 25 July 2012.

Romela Begaj ^[1] (born November 2, 1986 in Tirana) is a female Albanian weightlifter. On 11 November 2014 in Almaty she became world champion in the Snatch style for the category up to 63 kg.^[2] Previously Begaj represented Albania at the 2008 European Weightlifting Championships where she took home the silver medal.^[3] She also represented Albania at 2008 Olympic Games in China where she finished 6th in the under 58 kg category.^[4]

In the 2011 World Weightlifting Championships she got bronze medal in snatch.

Begaj, 28, became the first Albanian woman to win a World Championship gold medal by lifting 113 kg in the snatch. However, Begaj failed an anti-doping test for this event and her results will likely be expunged.^[5]

2008 Olympic Games in Beijing

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Romela Begaj	-58 kg	98	4th	118	7th	216	6th

Notes and references

1. http://jezebel.com/assets/images/jezebel/2008/08/albanianweightlifter081108.jpg
2. "Romela Begaj announced world champion". Independent Balkan News Agency. 13 November 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
3. "BEGAJ Romela". International Weightlifting Federation.
4. "BEGAJ Romela". International Weightlifting Federation.
5. http://www.top-channel.tv/lajme/artikull.php?id=289963

External links

• Athlete Biography at beijing2008