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| Born | 25 June 2001 Reykjavik, Iceland | |||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Kópavogur, Iceland | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||
| Country | Iceland | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 71 kg | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Lyftingafélag Reykjavíkur | |||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Ingi Gunnar Ólafsson | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Eygló Fanndal Sturludóttir (born 25 June 2001) is an Icelandic weightlifter competing in the -71kg weight category.
She has won the U23 European championship twice, in 2022 and 2024. She currently holds the Nordic senior record in the snatch 106kg and the total at 237kg in the women's -71kg category. [1]
Career
[edit]Sturludóttir began weightlifting in 2018 after having trained in artistic gymnastics from a young age and a short career in crossfit[2]. She lifted 54kg in the snatch and 70kg in the clean and jerk during her first competition [3]. She competed in the Nordic Junior Championships in 2019 and 2020 but first major international competition was the European Junior Championship in 2021 where she placed 6th in the -71kg category with 89kg snatch and 108kg clean and jerk[3]. That year, she also competed in her first World Championship in weightlifting in the -71kg category in Tashkent where she placed 20th with a 92kg snatch and a 110kg clean and jerk setting Nordic junior records[1] in the -71kg category.
In 2022 she competed for the first time at the Senior European Championships where she placed 9th with a 205kg total in the -71kg category. Later that year, she became the first Icelander to win a continental championship in any age or weight category in weightlifting[2] when she lifted 97kg in the snatch and 120kg in the clean and jerk. At the 2022 World Championships in Bogotá, which was the first qualifying tournament [4] for the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, Sturludóttir lifted a 213kg total for 19th place.
In the year 2023, she participated in four Olympic qualifiers, increasing her personal best in every competition. The first was the 2023 European Weightlifting Championships in Yerevan, where she placed 6th in the -71kg category with a 217kg total. Next was the 2023 IWF Grand Prix I in Havana, where she placed 7th with a 220kg total [5]. The 2023 IWF World Weightlifting Championships took place in Riyadh, where Sturludóttir lifted a 225kg in the total for 17th place. The year ended with the IWF Grand Prix II in Doha, where she placed 11th with yet another improvement: a 104kg in the snatch and 127kg clean and jerk.
In 2024 she competed at the European Weightlifting Championships, placing 4th with 105kg snatch, which set a new Nordic senior record[1] and a 125kg in the clean and jerk. In the final 2024 Paris Olympic qualifying competition, the IWF World Cup in Phuket, Sturludóttir lifted 106kg in the snatch, improving her Nordic Senior record[1] by 1kg, and achived a 236kg total-a new nordic senior record previously held by former two-time European Champion Patricia Strenius of Sweden. This result earned her the 11th place at the IWF World Cup and 12th place in the final ranking for the 2024 Paris Olympics, where only the top 10 were guaranteed a spot. [6] Iceland applied for a universality[7] place for Sturludóttir, but since France used their host nation spot in the -71kg category for Marie Fague, no universality athlete was included in that weight class.
Sturludóttir competed in Meissen at the 2024 Pokal der Blauen Schwerter[8], achieving a respectable 236kg total and a 3kg improvement in the clean and jerk, finishing in fourth place. She became 2024 Nordic Senior Champion in the -71kg category and earned the highest points among all female competitors across all weight categories after lifting 234kg total in Runavík[9]. Sturludóttir also claimed the 2024 European U23 Weightlifting Championship title in the -71kg category in Raszyn where she lifted a 237kg in the total and, improving her own Nordic senior record by 1kg[1]. She was awarded the prize for Best Female Athlete accross all weight categories, scoring 625.15 Robi points[10].
In December 2024 Sturludóttir ended up in 4th place at the 2024 World Weightlifting Championships in Manama, Bahrain. Lifting yet another personal best in the snatch 107kg, 132kg in the clean and jerk and a new personal best total of 239kg.
Personal life
[edit]Sturludóttir was born in Iceland and studies medicine at the University of Iceland. She represents the weightlifting club Lyftingafélag Reykjavíkur (LFR), which operates out of Crossfit Reykjavik, a gym partially owned by Icelandic crossfit star Anníe Mist Þórisdóttir, whom Sturludóttir has mentioned as a positive influence on her weightlifting career [2].
She was voted Reykjavík's Sportswoman of 2024 in December 2024. [11]
Achievements
[edit]| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
| World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2021 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 71 kg | 84 | 88 | 92 | 13 | 104 | 108 | 110 | 21 | 202 | 20 |
| 2022 | Bogotá, Colombia | 71 kg | 90 | 94 | 25 | 115 | 119 | 19 | 213 | 19 | ||
| 2023 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 71 kg | 95 | 99 | 102 | 16 | 116 | 120 | 123 | 21 | 225 | 17 |
| 2024 | Manama, Bahrain | 71 kg | 101 | 104 | 107 | 5 | 129 | 132 | 4 | 239 | 4 | |
| IWF World Cup | ||||||||||||
| 2024 | Phuket, Thailand | 71 kg | 103 | 106 | 10 | 130 | 10 | 236 | 11 | |||
| European Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2022 | Tirana, Albania | 71 kg | 89 | 10 | 112 | 116 | 5 | 205 | 9 | |||
| 2023 | Yerevan, Armenia | 71 kg | 93 | 96 | 8 | 116 | 119 | 121 | 6 | 217 | 6 | |
| 2024 | Sofia, Bulgaria | 71 kg | 99 | 102 | 105 | 4 | 125 | 5 | 230 | 4 | ||
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Nordic Weightlifting Records". nordicweightlifting.com. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- ^ a b c "Move over Thor - Iceland ends 50-year wait for a weightlifting champion". www.insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- ^ a b "Icelandic Weightlifting Results Database". results.lsi.is. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- ^ "2022 World Weightlifting Championship: Top Things You Need To Know About The Olympic Qualifier". www.olympics.com. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- ^ "2023 IWF Grand Prix I Results Book" (PDF). www.iwf.sport. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- ^ "Paris 2024 Olympic Qualification Ranking (IWF)" (PDF). www.iwf.sport. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- ^ "What are Universality Places and Who Can Obtain One?". www.olympics.com. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- ^ "pokal-der-blauen-schwerter.de".
- ^ "Nordic Senior Championships 2024". nordicweightlifting.com. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- ^ "THE EUROPEAN JUNIOR AND U23 CHAMPIONSHIPS HAVE ENDED SUCCESSFULLY". www.ewf.sport. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- ^ "Reykjavík's top athletes". Retrieved 21 December 2024.
External links
[edit]- Profile at the International Weightlifting Federation
- Profile at the International Weightlifting Results Project
- Profile at the Weightlifting Federation of Iceland Results Database