Kamila Konotop

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Sergiivna and the family name is Konotop.

Kamila Konotop
Konotop at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Native nameКаміла Конотоп
Born (2001-03-23) 23 March 2001 (age 23)
Kharkiv, Ukraine
Sport
CountryUkraine
SportWeightlifting
Weight class55 kg, 59 kg
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  Ukraine
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Riyadh 59 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Moscow 55 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Yerevan 59 kg
Gold medal – first place 2024 Sofia 59 kg
Silver medal – second place 2022 Tirana 55 kg
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Tashkent 55 kg
Qatar Cup
Silver medal – second place 2019 Doha 55 kg
IWF World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2020 Rome 55 kg

Kamila Sergiivna Konotop (Ukrainian: Каміла Сергіївна Конотоп, born 23 March 2001 in Kharkiv)[1] is a Ukrainian weightlifter. She won the silver medal in the women's 59 kg event at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.[2][3] She is a four-time medalist, including three gold medals, at the European Weightlifting Championships.[4] Konotop represented Ukraine at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan and the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

Career

Konotop is from Kharkiv.[5] In 2016, at the European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships held in Eilat, Israel, she won the bronze medal in the women's 53 kg event.[6] The following year, at the 2017 Youth World Weightlifting Championships in Bangkok, Thailand, she also won the bronze medal in the women's 53 kg event.[7][8] In 2018, she won the silver medal in the women's junior 53 kg event at the European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships in Zamość, Poland. Konotop also competed in the women's 55 kg event at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan without winning a medal.[9]

In 2019, Konotop competed in the women's 55 kg event at the World Weightlifting Championships held in Pattaya, Thailand.[10] In that same year, she won the gold medal in the women's junior 55 kg event at the European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships in Bucharest, Romania.[11] At the 6th International Qatar Cup in Doha, Qatar, she won the silver medal in the women's 55 kg event.[12][13]

Konotop won the silver medal in the women's 55 kg event at the Roma 2020 World Cup in Rome, Italy.[1][14] In April 2021, she secured the gold medal in her event at the European Weightlifting Championships held in Moscow, Russia.[15][16] In May 2021, Konotop also won the gold medal in her event at the Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[16][17] She also set a new junior world record of 212 kg.[16]

In July 2021, Konotop represented Ukraine at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She finished in 5th place in the women's 55 kg event with a total result of 206 kg.[18][19] At the 2021 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships in Rovaniemi, Finland, she won the gold medal in her event with a total result of 209 kg.[20][21]

Konotop won the silver medal in her event at the 2022 European Weightlifting Championships held in Tirana, Albania.[22][23] She won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships held in Durrës, Albania.[24] In that same year, she won the bronze medal in the women's 59 kg Snatch event at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.[25][26]

Konotop won the gold medal in the women's 59 kg event at the 2023 European Weightlifting Championships held in Yerevan, Armenia.[27][28] She also won the gold medals in the Snatch and Clean & Jerk events.[28] She set European records in the Snatch, Clean & Jerk and Total events, with respectively results of 106 kg, 129 kg and 235 kg.[28] In September 2023, she won the silver medal in the women's 59 kg event at the World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.[2][3]

In February 2024, she won the gold medal in her event at the European Weightlifting Championships held in Sofia, Bulgaria. In August, Konotop represented Ukraine at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[29] She finished in 7th place in the women's 59 kg event with a total result of 227 kg setting an Olympic record of 104 kg in the Snatch that was later beaten by other athletes.[29] She was injured in the second Snatch attempt.[30]

Achievements

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Summer Olympics
2021 Tokyo, Japan 55 kg 91 94 96 — 106 110 112 — 206 5
2024 Paris, France 59 kg 104 106 106 — 123 129 132 — 227 7
World Championships
2018 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 55 kg 78 81 81 24 92 94 96 33 177 27
2019 Pattaya, Thailand 55 kg 83 86 88 12 100 104 106 18 192 16
2022 Bogotá, Colombia 59 kg 98 101 102 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 116 119 121 8 223 6
2023 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 59 kg 103 106 106 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 126 130 135 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 236 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
IWF World Cup
2020 Rome, Italy 55 kg 88 90 90 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 103 103 106 5 196 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2024 Phuket, Thailand 59 kg — — — — — — — — — —
European Championships
2021 Moscow, Russia 55 kg 90 93 95 1st place, gold medalist(s) 108 111 113 1st place, gold medalist(s) 208 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2022 Tirana, Albania 55 kg 90 90 94 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 107 111 113 1st place, gold medalist(s) 207 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2023 Yerevan, Armenia 59 kg 100 104 106 1st place, gold medalist(s) 120 125 129 1st place, gold medalist(s) 235 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2024 Sofia, Bulgaria 59 kg 102 105 108 1st place, gold medalist(s) 121 125 –– 1st place, gold medalist(s) 230 1st place, gold medalist(s)

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