Zhazira Abdrakhmanovna Zhapparkul (, born 22 December 1993 in Arys) is a Kazakh Olympian weightlifter who competes in the women's 69 kg weight category. She took silver medals at the 2014 and 2015 World Championships. She represented Kazakhstan at the 2016 Summer Olympics, she placed second, winning the silver medal.
Personal life Zhazira is the seventh child in her family. Since 2001, she started to practice weightlifting. She is now living and training in Shymkent.
Career Zhazira won the gold medal in the Women's 63 kg weight class at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games in Singapore.
Zhazira achieved 118 kg in snatch and 144 kg in clean and jerk, winning a silver medal with a total of 262 kg, competing in the -69 kg class at the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships in front of her home crowd.
In 2015, Zhapparkul moved to the 69 kg category. She won silver medal at the 2015 World Championships in Houston.
Zhapparkul competed at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics, where she captured a silver medal in the 69 kg event.
Major results
YearVenueWeight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank123Rank123RankOlympic Games2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 69 kg 11111511721401401442259World Championships2011 Paris, France 69 kg 100107107151211261289228132013 Wrocław, Poland 69 kg 9810310510123128128823192014 Almaty, Kazakhstan 69 kg 1131181181401441442622015 Houston, United States 69 kg 112116120140140147256Asian Games2014 Incheon, South Korea 75 kg112118121314014514542634Junior World Championships2011 Penang, Malaysia 69 kg 100105109130130130---2012 Guatemala, Guatemala 69 kg 1021061081251301332392013 Lima, Peru 69 kg 100105110127135140240Asian Junior Championships2012 Yangoon, Myanmar 69 kg 1001061064121126132232Youth Olympic Games2010 Singapore, Singapore 63 kg8787902107115-1205
See also Muslim women in sport
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