Kristina Shermetova (; born 25 May 1993 in Ashgabat) is a Turkmen weightlifter. Her best results was a silver medal at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships in Anaheim.
Biography
She was born on 25 May 1993, in Turkmenistan capital city Ashgabat. Since childhood, she has been engaged in sports and dancing. She started weightlifting in 2007, because of a friend of her father opened a weightlifting school for girls in Ashgabat.
The first coach is Armen Stepanyan.
Career
The first international success in her career was the bronze medal of the 2009 Asian Youth Weightlifting Championship in the category up to 48 kg.
Due to injuries, she missed 2015 and 2016 seasons.
2017 turned out to be successful for Kristina Shermetova. The athlete became the third at the 2017 Asian Weightlifting Championships in the category up to 53 kg, and at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships in Anaheim she won silver.
In July 2021, she represented Turkmenistan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She finished in 6th place in the women's 55 kg event.
Major results
YearVenueWeight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank123Rank123RankRepresenting Olympic Games2021 Tokyo, Japan 55 kg 909393511111511752056World Championships2019 Pattaya, Thailand 55 kg 8383861410711011012196112018 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 55 kg 9093959113117120721082017 Anaheim, United States 53 kg 889191109111113204Asian Games2018 Jakarta, Indonesia 53 kg 88919311101131163206Asian Championships2022 Manama, Bahrain 55 kg 8283836104105107———2021 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 55 kg 8890906110113113719872019 Ningbo, China 55 kg 6368721298104—617282017 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 53 kg 78818151001041061822012 Pyeongtaek, South Korea 58 kg 77818389510010081838Islamic Solidarity Games2022 Konya, Turkey 55 kg 858789103105111194
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