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Rebeka Ibrahima

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Rebeka Koha
Personal information
Nationality Latvia
Born (1998-05-19) 19 May 1998 (age 26)
Ventspils, Latvia
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight58.70 kg (129 lb)
Sport
Country Latvia
SportWeightlifting
Event–59 kg
Coached byEduards Andruškevičs
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
Medal record
Representing  Latvia
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Anaheim –58 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Ashgabat –59 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Bucharest –58 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Batumi –59 kg
Silver medal – second place 2017 Split –58 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Førde –53 kg
Youth Olympics
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Nanjing –48 kg

Rebeka Koha (born 19 May 1998) is a Latvian weightlifter, two time Junior World Champion and two time European Champion competing in the 58 kg division until 2018 and 59 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[1]

She is coached by Eduards Andruškevičs, who has also been coaching Olympic medalist Viktors Ščerbatihs and Artūrs Plēsnieks.[2]

Career

She currently has junior world records in the clean & jerk and total in the 59 kg division.[3][4]

Olympics

In 2016 she competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 53 kg division placing fourth overall.[5] She was named Latvian Rising Star of the Year in 2016 after her performance at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[6]

World Championships

In 2017 she competed at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships winning the bronze medal in the snatch and total.[7]

In 2018 the IWF restructured the weight classes, and Koha competed in the newly created 59 kg division. She followed up her bronze medal performance in 2017 with a stronger performance at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships winning another bronze medal in the snatch and total and setting junior world records in the snatch, clean & jerk, and total.[8]

European Championships

In 2016 she competed at the 2016 European Weightlifting Championships winning a bronze medal in the total in the 53 kg category. The following year she competed at the 2017 European Weightlifting Championships winning a gold medal in the snatch, and silver medals in the clean & jerk and total in the 58 kg category.

At the 2018 European Weightlifting Championships, Koha swept gold in all lifts (snatch, clean & jerk, and the total) and became European Champion in the 58 kg division.[9]

Other Competitions

She competed at the 2017 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, winning silver medals in the snatch and clean & jerk, but a gold medal in the total, becoming Junior World Champion in the 58 kg division.

In 2018, coming off her Junior World Championships gold medal, she defended her title as the Junior World Champion by winning gold medals in all lifts at the 2018 Junior World Weightlifting Championships.[10]

Major results

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2016 Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 53 kg 87 87 90 3 103 107 110 4 197 4
World Championships
2014 Kazakhstan Almaty, Kazakhstan 53 kg 76 78 80 16 92 94 96 25 174 22
2015 United States Houston, United States 53 kg 84 86 87 9 101 105 107 16 192 10
2017 United States Anaheim, United States 58 kg 94 98 101 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 114 118 121 5 222 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2018 Turkmenistan Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 59 kg 98 102 103 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 117 121 124 6 227 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
European Championships
2016 Norway Førde, Norway 53 kg 87 90 92 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 102 105 108 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 198 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2017 Croatia Split, Croatia 58 kg 92 95 97 1st place, gold medalist(s) 110 114 118 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 213 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2018 Romania Bucharest, Romania 58 kg 90 95 100 1st place, gold medalist(s) 110 115 120 1st place, gold medalist(s) 220 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2019 Georgia (country) Batumi, Georgia 59 kg 97 101 104 1st place, gold medalist(s) 116 120 125 1st place, gold medalist(s) 221 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Junior World Weightlifting Championships
2017 Japan Tokyo, Japan 58 kg 93 96 99 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 111 117 120 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 219 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2018 Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan 58 kg 95 99 103 1st place, gold medalist(s) 113 117 120 1st place, gold medalist(s) 219 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2014 Youth Olympics
2014 China Nanjing, China 48 kg 71 73 75 3 86 90 94 3 165 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

References

  1. ^ PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 59 kg
  2. ^ Medaļniece, rekordiste, skolniece Sporto.lv
  3. ^ "2018 World Championships 59kg results". IWF.net. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Junior World Records Women". IWF.net. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  5. ^ Olympic.org. "53 kg Women". Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  6. ^ delfi.lv. "Porziņģis un Ikauniece-Admidiņa atzīti par Latvijas gada sportistiem". Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  7. ^ IWF.net. "Rio Olympic Bronze Medallist defeated the reigning Olympic Champion". Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  8. ^ "World Records: KUO four and CHEN one". IWF.net. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  9. ^ ventspils.lv. "REBEKA KOHA IS EUROPEAN CHAMPION IN WEIGHTLIFTING!". Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  10. ^ IWF.net. "The incredible one-woman show of KOHA". Retrieved 8 December 2018.
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