Olga Te
Photo of Olga Tyo with medals of the European Championship, 2019
Personal information
Native nameОльга Тё
Born (1996-03-05) 5 March 1996
Sport
CountryRussia
SportWeightlifting
Weight class59 kg
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing Russian Weightlifting Federation
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Tashkent 59 kg
Representing  Russia
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Moscow 59 kg

Olga Te (Russian: Ольга Тё, born 5 March 1996)[1] is a Russian weightlifter. She won the gold medal in the women's 59 kg event at the 2021 European Weightlifting Championships held in Moscow, Russia.[1][2] At the time, she won the silver medal but in October 2021, this became the gold medal as original gold medalist Boyanka Kostova of Azerbaijan was banned for testing positive for traces of stanozolol.[3][4][5] She also won the bronze medal in the women's 59 kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[6][7]

Career

In 2017, she won the bronze medal in the under-23 women's 63 kg snatch event at the European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships held in Durrës, Albania.[8] A year later, she won the gold medal in the under-23 women's 58 kg event at the 2018 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships held in Zamość, Poland. In 2018, she also competed in the women's 59 kg event at the World Weightlifting Championships in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.[9]

In 2019, she won the silver medal in the under-23 women's 59 kg event at the European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships in Bucharest, Romania.[10]

Achievements

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
World Championships
2018Turkmenistan Ashgabat, Turkmenistan59 kg909598 7105108 1082020314
2021Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan59 kg95981003rd place, bronze medalist(s)11311812042183rd place, bronze medalist(s)
European Championships
2021Russia Moscow, Russia59 kg9598981st place, gold medalist(s)1101101151st place, gold medalist(s)2101st place, gold medalist(s)

References

  1. 1 2 "Results Book" (PDF). 2021 European Weightlifting Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  2. ↑ Shefferd, Neil (5 April 2021). "Kostova wins closely fought women's 59kg category on third day of European Weightlifting Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  3. ↑ "International Testing Agency-The ITA asserts apparent anti-doping rule violation against Azerbaijani weightlifter". International Testing Agency. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  4. ↑ Oliver, Brian (23 May 2021). "Olympic Games weightlifting doper Kostova tests positive again". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  5. ↑ Oliver, Brian (1 October 2021). "Weightlifter Kostova suspended for eight years - after life bans for doctor and coach". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  6. ↑ Oliver, Brian (11 December 2021). "Olympic gold, Vogue front cover, and another world title for weightlifter Kuo". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  7. ↑ "2021 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  8. ↑ "Results Book" (PDF). 2017 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 May 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  9. ↑ "2018 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 November 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  10. ↑ "Results Book" (PDF). 2019 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 May 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
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