Eygló Fanndal Sturludóttir (born 25 June 2001) is an Icelandic weightlifter competing in the -71 kg weight category. She is the 2025 European Champion in -71 kg category. She has won the U23 European championship twice, in 2022 and 2024. She currently holds the Nordic senior record in the snatch 109 kg, the c&j 135 kg and the total at 244 kg in the women's -71 kg category. She was named the 2025 Icelandic Sportsperson of the Year.
Career Eygló began weightlifting in 2018 after having trained in artistic gymnastics from a young age and a short career in crossfit. She lifted 54 kg in the snatch and 70 kg in the clean and jerk during her first competition. 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 -71 kg category with 89 kg snatch and 108 kg clean and jerk. That year, she also competed in her first World Championship in weightlifting in the -71kg category in Tashkent where she placed 20th with a 92 kg snatch and a 110 kg clean and jerk setting Nordic junior records in the -71 kg category.
In 2022 she competed for the first time at the Senior European Championships where she placed 9th with a 205 kg total in the -71 kg category. Later that year, she became the first Icelander to win a continental championship in any age or weight category in weightlifting when she lifted 97 kg in the snatch and 120 kg in the clean and jerk. At the 2022 World Championships in Bogotá, which was the first qualifying tournament for the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, Eygló lifted a 213 kg 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 -71 kg category with a 217 kg total. Next was the 2023 IWF Grand Prix I in Havana, where she placed 7th with a 220 kg total. The 2023 IWF World Weightlifting Championships took place in Riyadh, where Eygló lifted a 225 kg 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 104 kg in the snatch and 127 kg clean and jerk.
In 2024 she competed at the European Weightlifting Championships, placing 4th with 105 kg snatch, which set a new Nordic senior record and a 125 kg in the clean and jerk. In the final 2024 Paris Olympic qualifying competition, the IWF World Cup in Phuket, Eygló lifted 106 kg in the snatch, improving her Nordic Senior record by 1 kg, and achieved a 236 kg 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. Iceland applied for a universality place for Eygló, but since France used their host nation spot in the -71kg category for Marie Fague, no universality athlete was included in that weight class.
Eygló competed in Meissen at the 2024 Pokal der Blauen Schwerter, achieving a respectable 236 kg total and a 3 kg improvement in the clean and jerk, finishing in fourth place. She became 2024 Nordic Senior Champion in the -71 kg category and earned the highest points among all female competitors across all weight categories after lifting 234 kg total in Runavík. Eygló also claimed the 2024 European U23 Weightlifting Championship title in the -71 kg category in Raszyn where she lifted a 237 kg in the total and, improving her own Nordic senior record by 1 kg. She was awarded the prize for Best Female Athlete across all weight categories, scoring 625.15 Robi points
In December 2024 Eygló ended up in 4th place at the 2024 World Weightlifting Championships in Manama, Bahrain. Lifting yet another personal best in the snatch 107 kg, 132 kg in the clean and jerk and a new personal best total of 239 kg.
At the 2025 European Weightlifting Championships she won gold in the -71 kg category with a 244 kg total, she took silver in snatch with 109 kg and gold in the clean and jerk with 135 kg. In doing so she became the first Icelander to win a medal at a senior continental championship
For her achievements, she was named the 2025 Icelandic Sportsperson of the Year.
Personal life Eygló 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 Reykjavík, a gym partially owned by Icelandic crossfit star Anníe Mist Þórisdóttir, whom Eygló has mentioned as a positive influence on her weightlifting career.
She was voted Reykjavík's Sportswoman of 2024 in December 2024.
Achievements Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank 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 98 25 115 119 123 19 213 192023 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 71 kg 95 99 102 16 116 120 123 21 225 172024 Manama, Bahrain 71 kg 101 104 107 5 129 132 134 4 239 4IWF World Cup 2024 Phuket, Thailand 71 kg 103 106 108 10 130 134 134 10 236 11 European Championships 2022 Tirana, Albania 71 kg 89 89 94 10 112 116 120 5 205 9 2023 Yerevan, Armenia 71 kg 93 96 99 8 116 119 121 6 217 6 2024 Sofia, Bulgaria 71 kg 99 102 105 4 125 129 129 5 230 42025Chișinău, Moldova71 kg103 106 109 129 133 135 244
References
External links
Profile at the International Weightlifting Results Project Profile at the Weightlifting Federation of Iceland Results Database