Yekta Jamali: First Iranian woman wins medal in weightlifting

Iranian athlete Yekta Jamali wins Iran’s first-ever medal in the weightlifting championships.

News Center- Yekta Jamali won three bronze medals. She won a bronze medal in the 87kg weight class at the 2021 IWF Junior World Weightlifting Championships underway in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. She lifted the 92kg in snatch and 116kg in clean and jerk. She won the bronze medal with a total of 208.

American athlete Elizabeth Owens won silver medals and Uzbek athlete Tursunoy Jabborova won gold medals at the championships.